84 Herman Moll - Map of Portugal - Portugal Agreeable to Modern History

Portugal Agreeable to Modern History is an excellent map of Portugal by geographer Herman Moll published in 1729. Moll, based in London, was one of the most influential cartographers of his time.

The map provides a detailed representation of Portugal, distinguishing its territories based on ecclesiastical hierarchy - Archbishoprics and Bishoprics. It also marks the locations of the country's Universities.

Herman Moll (c. 1654-1732) was one of the most important London mapmakers in the first half of the eighteenth century. Moll was probably born in Bremen, Germany, around 1654. He moved to London to escape the Scanian Wars. His earliest work was as an engraver for Moses Pitt on the production of the English Atlas, a failed work which landed Pitt in debtor's prison. Moll also engraved for Sir Jonas Moore, Grenville Collins, John Adair, and the Seller & Price firm. He published his first original maps in the early 1680s and had set up his own shop by the 1690s. 

Artist of Maker

Herman Moll

Medium

Engraving

Date

1729