A new & accurate map of Bermudas or Sommer's Islands .
2 maps on 1 sheet. Engraved. Show rocks, shoals, etc. Include geographical notes. Has 2 ornamental cartouches. Relief shown pictorially. In the title Bowen states that he is "Preserving all that is useful in the Fourth and Last edition of the Complete Geographer, publish'd under the name o...
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ftdavidrumseyc:oai:www.davidrumsey.com:RUMSEY~8~1~2611~280027 2023-05-15T17:22:58+02:00 A new & accurate map of Bermudas or Sommer's Islands . An accurate map of the Island of St. Christopher, vulgarly called St. Kits . By Eman. Bowen. (London: Printed for William Innys, Richard Ware, Aaron Ward, J. and P. Knapton, John Clarke, T. Longman and T. Shewell, Thomas Osborne, Henry Whitridge . M.DCC.XLVII) A complete system of geography. Being a description of all the countries, islands, cities, chief towns, harbours, lakes, and rivers, mountains, mines, &c. of the known world . In two volumes. The whole illustrated with seventy maps, by Emanuel Bowen, Geographer to His Majesty, being all new-drawn and ingraved according to the latest discoveries and surveys; making, of themselves, a complete atlas, for the sse of gentlemen, merchants, mariners, and others, who delight in history and geography . Vol. 1. London: Printed for William Innys, Richard Ware, Aaron Ward, J. and P. Knapton, John Clarke, T. Longman and T. Shewell, Thomas Osborne, Henry Whitridge . M.DCC.XLVII. Bermudas, St. Kits Bowen, Emanuel Rumsey Collection Bermuda; Saint Kitts Bermuda 1747 http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~2611~280027 http://www.davidrumsey.com/rumsey/Size1/D0028/00281027.jpg unknown Copyright 2000 Geography Book Atlas Map 1747 ftdavidrumseyc 2014-02-16T13:25:16Z 2 maps on 1 sheet. Engraved. Show rocks, shoals, etc. Include geographical notes. Has 2 ornamental cartouches. Relief shown pictorially. In the title Bowen states that he is "Preserving all that is useful in the Fourth and Last edition of the Complete Geographer, publish'd under the name of Herman Moll, &c." The 70 maps were also published in two other forms: in "A Complete Atlas" of 1752, and as the Maps for the "Complete Collection of Voyages" by John Harris, in 1744-48 (M&B). The text is massive and interesting, and there are several important maps of America: America, West Indies, Mexico, Louisiana, Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania et al, and Newfoundland et al. The map of the World in Hemispheres is lacking in this copy. Both volumes are newly bound in full brown leather covered boards with "Geography. Vol. 1" and -Geography. Vol. 2" embossed on the spine in gilt. cf P614 (1752 edition of A Complete Atlas.); NMM p.356; M&B p 166. cf. P-Maps, p. 143 (1752 ed.); NMM p.356; M&B p 166; LC Maps and charts of North America and the West Indies 1750-1789, 2147 (1752 ed.) Map Newfoundland David Rumsey Historical Map Collection (Cartography Associates) Osborne ENVELOPE(-84.767,-84.767,-78.617,-78.617) |
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2 maps on 1 sheet. Engraved. Show rocks, shoals, etc. Include geographical notes. Has 2 ornamental cartouches. Relief shown pictorially. In the title Bowen states that he is "Preserving all that is useful in the Fourth and Last edition of the Complete Geographer, publish'd under the name of Herman Moll, &c." The 70 maps were also published in two other forms: in "A Complete Atlas" of 1752, and as the Maps for the "Complete Collection of Voyages" by John Harris, in 1744-48 (M&B). The text is massive and interesting, and there are several important maps of America: America, West Indies, Mexico, Louisiana, Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania et al, and Newfoundland et al. The map of the World in Hemispheres is lacking in this copy. Both volumes are newly bound in full brown leather covered boards with "Geography. Vol. 1" and -Geography. Vol. 2" embossed on the spine in gilt. cf P614 (1752 edition of A Complete Atlas.); NMM p.356; M&B p 166. cf. P-Maps, p. 143 (1752 ed.); NMM p.356; M&B p 166; LC Maps and charts of North America and the West Indies 1750-1789, 2147 (1752 ed.) |
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Bowen, Emanuel A new & accurate map of Bermudas or Sommer's Islands . |
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Bowen, Emanuel |
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Bowen, Emanuel |
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A new & accurate map of Bermudas or Sommer's Islands . |
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A new & accurate map of Bermudas or Sommer's Islands . |
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A new & accurate map of Bermudas or Sommer's Islands . |
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A new & accurate map of Bermudas or Sommer's Islands . |
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A new & accurate map of Bermudas or Sommer's Islands . |
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new & accurate map of bermudas or sommer's islands . |
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Newfoundland |
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