Cartographer:
BOWEN, Emmanuel.
Title:
A New & ACCURATE MAP OF THE EAST INDIA ISLANDS Laid down according to the latest discoveries, and agreeable to the most approved Maps and Charts. The whole being Regulated by Astronl. Observations. By Eman. Bowen.
Stock Code:
9828
Method:
Copper engraving
Publisher:
Herman Moll
Colouring:
Hand coloured
Atlas:
A Complete System of Geography
Size: (W x H):
42.5cm x 35cm
16½ inches x 14 inches
Date:
1747
Price:
£750
Striking English map of SE Asia, the Philippines and part of Australia. Includes an elaborate title cartouche and compass rose. Lots of interesting annotations throughout the map. 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.