Wilt Shire by Her. Moll Geographer

Moll's map of Wilt Shire (Wiltshire), sold separately and as Map 7 in his A Set of Fifty New and Correct Maps of England and Wales. Illustrations in the margins of views of Stonehenge from the west and south and of items from the Southbroom Hoard, early 3rd century coins and ancient statues discovered near Devizes. The figures on the Wiltshire map are the relief from an oil lamp (identified by Moll as the she-wolf who raised Romulus and Remus in ancient Roman legend) and four of the statues. Other items from the hoard are placd on the Devonshire and Hampshire maps. Notes: London: Sold by H. Moll over-against Devereux-Court in the Strand; Tho. Bowles, Print and Map-Seller near the Chapter-House in St. Paul's Church-Yard, and J. Bowles Print and Map-Seller over-against Stocks-Market. 1724.

Date

1724

Place

Wiltshire

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

Type

map

Original size

3,016 × 4,304 pixels

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