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Moses Pitt was an English publisher and bookseller active in the seventeenth century. He began publishing the English Atlas, an ambitious project intended to present geographic information in twelve volumes, during the 1680s. Only four volumes were completed, after financial difficulties, debt, and imprisonment disrupted the work. The project illustrates the practical and economic challenges of producing large illustrated reference works in early modern England.
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Who was Moses Pitt?
Moses Pitt was an English publisher and bookseller active in the seventeenth century. He is especially associated with the ambitious English Atlas project.
What was the English Atlas?
The English Atlas was planned as a twelve-volume presentation of geographic information. Moses Pitt began publishing it during the 1680s.
How many volumes of the English Atlas were completed?
Only four volumes were completed. The larger twelve-volume plan was not finished because of financial difficulties.
Why was the English Atlas never completed?
The project ran into financial problems, which prevented completion of the planned twelve volumes. Pitt's work therefore stopped after four volumes.
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