Cartographer:
BOWEN, Emmanuel.
Title:
A New and Accurate Map of CHILI, TERRA MAGELLANICA. TERRA DEL FUEGO &c.
Stock Code:
5223
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:
£375
Attractive map of the southern part of South America with two inset maps, one of Santiago (‘Saint Jago’), the other of Terra del Fuego. Attractive cartouche at lower 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.