Herman Moll's Map of the Isle of Wight, 1724.
From: Moll, Herman. A New Description of England and Wales with the Adjacent Islands.... London,1724
Chubb CXL. Fol. 6 1/4inches x 10 1/2 inches. The Isle of Wight Scale. English Mile 5 = 1 1/2 inches.
Later issues :1724 A Set of 50 New and Correct Maps of England and Wales.1733 and 1739.
1747 reissued as the Geography of England and Wales.
1753 as H. Moll's British Atlas.
Herman Moll, a Dutchman, came to London about 1680 and died in1732.
Moll was one of the first cartographers to produced an elegant map with the correct shape of the Island.