A Circle of Winds consisting of 32 points commonly called the Mariner’s Compass / The Artificial Sphere.

A Circle of Winds consisting of 32 points commonly called the Mariner’s Compass / The Artificial Sphere.
Cartographer:
BOWEN, Emmanuel.
Title:
A Circle of Winds consisting of 32 points commonly called the Mariner’s Compass / The Artificial Sphere.
Stock Code:
5830
Method:
Copper engraving
Publisher:
Herman Moll
Colouring:
Later colour
Atlas:
A Complete System of Geography
Size: (W x H):
22.5cm x 32cm
 
9 inches x 12½ inches
Date:
1747
Price:
£200

Two plates on one sheet. The left plate shows a compass rose with 32 wind directions, the left shows an armillary sphere. Both plates have cherubs with navigational equipment at lower right. Emmanuel Bowen was one of the leading English mapmakers of the eighteenth-century, and was cartographer to both the French and English Royal Courts.

Fine condition. Good margins.

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