Cartographer:
BOWEN, Emmanuel.
Title:
A NEW and ACCURATE MAP of the CASPIAN SEA, Laid down from the Memoirs of Sosskam Sabbas a Georgian Prince, assisted by some later Improvemts. by Emanl. Bowen.
Stock Code:
9817
Method:
Copper engraving
Publisher:
Herman Moll
Colouring:
Hand coloured
Atlas:
A Complete System of Geography
Size: (W x H):
23cm x 32cm
9 inches x 12½ inches
Date:
1747
Price:
£275
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; wide margins.