A New & Accurate Map of the North Pole, with All the Countries Hitherto Discovered...

Emanuel Bowen (*1693 - 1767)
Antique map of the North Pole. Printed in London by E. Bowen in 1747.

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Description

Attractive Arctic and sub-Arctic map of Emanuel Bowen from 'A Complete System of Geography'. Excellent detailed around Hudson Bay, Greenland, Spitzbergen, north-east coast of Europe & Asia and the North-East passage. With a decorative cartouche and explanation text.

Details

CartographerEmanuel Bowen
TitleA New & Accurate Map of the North Pole, with All the Countries Hitherto Discovered Situated Near or Adjacent to it as Well as some others More Remote.
Publisher, YearE. Bowen, London, 1747
Plate Size38.0 x 43.0 cm (15.0 x 16.9 inches)
Sheet Size42.7 x 48.3 cm (16.8 x 19.0 inches)
ReferenceKershaw #420

Condition

Evidence of two old vertical folds, two tears just into the image at lower centrefold 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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Emanuel Bowen: A New & Accurate Map of the North Pole, with All the Countries Hitherto Discovered Situated Near or Adjacent to it as Well....
Antique map of the North Pole. Printed in London by E. Bowen in 1747.

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