Cartographer:
BOWEN, Emmanuel.
Title:
An Accurate Map of the Island of ST. CHRISTOPHER vulgarly called ST. KITS containing all the Towns, Parishes and forts &c.
Stock Code:
5253
Method:
Copper engraving
Publisher:
Herman Moll
Colouring:
Later colour
Atlas:
A Complete System of Geography
Size: (W x H):
21.5cm x 35cm
8½ inches x 14 inches
Date:
1747
Price:
£250
Attractive map of St. Kitts. Rhumb lines converge on compass rose at centre left, title cartouche at lower 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.