Cartographer:
BOWEN, Emmanuel.
Title:
A New General Map of AMERICA.
Stock Code:
5221
Method:
Copper engraving
Publisher:
Herman Moll
Colouring:
Later colour
Atlas:
A Complete System of Geography
Size: (W x H):
42cm x 35cm
16½ inches x 14 inches
Date:
1747
Price:
£700
A handsome map of both Americas, showing the extent of exploration in the mid eighteenth- century, with the outline of the continents complete except for the unexplored north-west of North America. Simple but attractive title cartouche at upper left. Emmanuel Bowen was one of the leading English mapmakers of the eighteenth-century, and was unusual in that he was cartographer to both the French and English Royal Courts.
Fine condition. Good margins.