A New & Correct Map of the WHOLE WORLD Shewing ye Situation of it’s Principal Ports. Viz the Seas, Kingdoms, Rivers, Capes, Ports, Mountains, Woods, Trade-Winds, Monsoons, Variations of ye Coompass, Climates, &c.” Herman Moll (1654-1732) came to London in about 1678 from Germany or Holland and worked as an engraver for Moses Pitt, among others. He clearly had a talent for making interesting friends and provided maps for Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe and Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels. From 1689, he had his own London shop. Maps of a uniquely Moll character began to appear during Queen Anne’s reign, and his individual style of mapmaking grew increasingly more distinct as his career progressed. “