Cartographer:
BOWEN, Emmanuel.
Title:
A New and Accurate Map of the CASPIAN SEA.
Stock Code:
5251
Method:
Copper engraving
Publisher:
Herman Moll
Colouring:
Later colour
Atlas:
A Complete System of Geography
Size: (W x H):
22.5cm x 31cm
9 inches x 12 inches
Date:
1747
Price:
£300
Handsome map of the lands surrounding Caspian Sea - Astrakhan,Independent Tartary, Persia, Shirwan and others, title cartouche at upper right. 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.