An Accurate Map of the West Indies.

Emanuel Bowen (*1693 - 1767)
Antique map of Mexico, Florida, West Indies. Printed in London by E. Bowen in 1747.

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Description

Bowen's map of the West Indies from 'A Complete System of Geography'. Showing the area from Long Island in the north to the delta of the Orinoco in the south. Decorated with a compass rose and a title cartouche with natives.

Details

CartographerEmanuel Bowen
TitleAn Accurate Map of the West Indies.
Publisher, YearE. Bowen, London, 1747
Plate Size34.8 x 42.1 cm (13.7 x 16.6 inches)
Sheet Size42.8 x 48.2 cm (16.9 x 19.0 inches)
ReferenceSellers & Van Ee 1682.

Condition

Evidence of two old vertical folds, centrefold partly backed.

Cartographer

Emanuel Bowen was a printer, publisher and map engraver in London during the mid-eighteenth century. From 1714 onwards he worked in London and began to produce some of the finest and most attractive maps of the century.

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Antique map of Mexico, Florida, West Indies. Printed in London by E. Bowen in 1747.

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