The depiction of the Great and Circular Roman baths at Bath, Somerset, England, from the figures decorating the margins of Moll's map of "Somerset Shire" (Somerset), the sixth in his <i>Set of Fifty New and Correct Maps of England and Wales...</i>
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The caption reads: "The Ground Platt of ye Kings Bath at high water holds 345 Tuns 3 hog. 20 Gall. The Ground Platt of ye Queens Bath at high water holds 81 Tuns 1 hog. 30 Gall." Together, they held 427 tuns, 0 hogsheads, and 50 gallons on the assumption that the hogshead is a quarter tun and Moll's tun held 252 gallons. The gallons of Moll's era varied widely, but the modern equivalent would be somewhere between 405,000–497,500 liters.<br><br>
Note that the baths are reversed in position or the "plat" can be considered to face South. The Queen's Bath was named for Anne of Denmark, wife of James I of England, who was sent to the baths by her court physician; being surprised by a natural gas flame on the water in 1615, she subsequently only used the smaller nearby bath.<br><br><b>Notes:</b> 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.
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<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Herman_Moll" class="extiw" title="w:en:Herman Moll"><span title="18th-century English cartographer">Herman Moll</span></a>
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1724<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1724-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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