Cartographer:
BOWEN, Emmanuel.
Title:
A New and Accurate Map of the Island of Cuba / A New and Accurate Map of Hispaniola or St. Domingo and Porto Rico.
Stock Code:
5849
Method:
Copper engraving
Publisher:
Herman Moll
Colouring:
Later colour
Atlas:
A Complete System of Geography
Size: (W x H):
42.5cm x 34.5cm
16½ inches x 13½ inches
Date:
1747
Price:
£475
Two maps on one plate of the largest Carribean Islands, Cuba above, Hispaniola below. Each map has its own cartouche. 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.