worked as an engraver for Moses Pitt and other London map publishers.
United Kingdom
astronomer Edmond Halley (1656-1742) ; Thomas & John Bowles: New & Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain on ye continent of North America : cont. Newfoundland, New Scotland, New England, New York, New Jersey, Pensilvania, Maryland, Virginia & Carolina (1715) ; Dominia Anglorum in Am. (1740) ; map "The Moluccas, Japan, and the Philippines" (London 1681) ; map "Japan, Ezo (Hokkaido), and Korea" (London 1712) ;
publisher Christopher Browne ; publisher Robert Morden ; publisher Lea ; Thomas Bowles ; John Bowles ; pirate William Dampier, who provided him with geographical information ;
cartographical engraving and 3D globe making
links in www.geographicus.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CAD&Product_Code=moll ; www.geographicus-archive.com/P/AntiqueMap/DominiaAnglorum-hmhr-1737 ;
C. J. Schüler: Geschichte der Kartographie 2010: 242 ; Die kartographierte Stadt, Paris 2011: 154f. & 162f. ; Diefenbacher, Heinz & Bach-Damaskinos 2002: 138 ; Walter 1944: plates 42 & 49 ; Lack 2015: 16-17;
Dutch; moved to London in 1678, where he set up his own shop; H.M. was a friend of Robert Boyle, Robert Hooke, Daniel Defoe & Jonathan Swift, whose imaginary travels he also illustrated.
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