Cartographer:
BOWEN, Emmanuel.
Title:
A New and Accurate Map of ASIA.
Stock Code:
5226
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:
£500
Handsome map of the whole of Asia, accurate apart from the unexplored north eastern coast. Attractive title 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.