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c.1760, A New General Map of America by Bowen

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"A New General Map of America" by Emanuel Bowen

c.1760, "A New General Map of America", by Emanuel Bowen, Choice Extremely Fine.
This Hand-colored map features North and South America as well as the Atlantic (Western) and Pacific (Great) Oceans. It was, "Drawn from Several Accurate Particular Maps and Charts and Regulated by Astronomical Observations." Its is hand-colored in tones of orange, green and yellow. This map is beautifully matted and framed to an overall size of 19.5" x 22" and ready to display.



Emanuel Bowen (1714 - 1767), was a print and map seller by trade, he was also engraver to both George II and Louis XV of France. From 1714 onwards he worked in London and began to produce some of the finest and most appealing maps of that era. He had great plans to publish a complete County Atlas, however he simply did not have the means to achieve this alone; so he joined forces with another map-maker, Thomas Kitchin, and together they published 'The Large English Altas'.
Along with various maps and Atlases, Bowen produced a book of road maps, very much in keeping with those of Ogilby, although much like the maps in 'The Large English Atlas', Bowen embellished them with historical detail and heraldic images which set them apart from others as his own work. His son, Thomas, also produced some beautiful maps, having started helping his father when he was young, he continued by himself long after Emanuel's death.



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