AN ACCURATE MAP OF THE EAST INDIES EXHIBITING THE COURSE OF THE EUROPEAN TRADE ..
£450
Attractive and detailed map of the East Indies. There were not many English folio maps of ther East Indies published in the eighteenth century.
Detailed map of the East Indies, extending from India to Australia showing the trade routes to the important sources of spices, precious stones, fabrics, porcelain, wood etc. A decorative title cartouche comprising of two figures holding parasols at top right. Marked are the "winds". On the west coast of 'New Holland', the Dutch discovery, 'De Wits Land' is noted..
With decorative title cartouche depicting south east Asian peoples in traditional dress with an illustrated title cartouche depicting natives under umbrellas and an incense burner amongst heaps of spices.
Excellent hand colour
Mint condition
From Harris's, Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca or, a Complete Collection of Voyages and Travel.
code : M5142
Cartographer : Emanuel BOWEN
Date : 1744 London
Size : 37*45 cms
availability : Available
Price : £450
Emanuel Bowen (c.1693/1694-1767) was an English engraver, publisher and mapseller active in London between 1720 and 1767. His prolific output as engraver and publisher earned him recognition both in England and France, for he held the dual appointment of Engraver to George II and to Louis XV of France.
Bowen engraved large numbers of maps for general atlases, geographical text-books and periodicals, particularly The Complete System of Geography, the Universal History of the World, the small-format periodical The General Magazine of Arts and Sciences and the Complete Atlas.
Bowen also produced a large number of English county maps. His earliest known publication was a series of road maps of England and Wales, the Britannia Depicta, with a map of each county, produced in partnership with John Owen in 1720 (the Owen and Bowen maps). This series was very popular, being frequently re-issued up to 1764 and was the most successful successor to John Ogilby's renowned road book.
