Cartographer:
BOWEN, Emmanuel.
Title:
A NEW & ACCURATE MAP OF CHINA; Drawn from Surveys made by the Jesuit Missionaries, by Order of the EMPEROR. The whole being regulated by numerous Astronomical Observations. By Eman. Bowen.
Stock Code:
9833
Method:
Copper engraving
Publisher:
Herman Moll
Colouring:
Hand coloured
Atlas:
A Complete System of Geography
Size: (W x H):
43cm x 35cm
17 inches x 14 inches
Date:
1747
Price:
£600
Attractive map of China, with title cartouche at lower left, with vignette of Chinese rural scene. 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; wide margins.