April 12, 2024
*1747* Negroland AFRICA Hand-Colored & Copper-Engr. Relief Map HOTTENTOTS Congo
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"The [Bowen's] maps themselves featured detailed descriptions [...]: county towns, historical notes, notable events etc, carefully filling any voids or 'quiet' areas on the map, and resulting in a stunning montage of topographically and historically fascinating pieces."This is a beautiful 1747 decorative, hand-colored, water-marked engraved map of South America by famed English cartographer Emmanuel Bowen."Negroland," Arabia, Congo, Hottentots, Arabia, "R. of Elephants, Much More.The map covers from the Mediterranean Sea in the north south to the Cape of Good Hope... and includes all of the entire continent of Africa. Part of South America. Contains several oceans. It renders the entire region in extraordinary detail offering both topographical and political information with forests and mountains beautifully rendered in profile. Territories and kingdoms are noted with outline color. Map shows mid-eighteenth century cities, political divisions, wooded areas, etc. Relief shown pictorially. On thick, laid and watermarked paper (see photo).An engraved title cartouche adorns the bottom left quadrant. This map was prepared by Emanuel Bowen for the 1747 issue of A Complete System of Geography . Increasingly scarce on the private market . Author: Bowen, EmanuelDate: 1747Short Title: Map of Africa.Publisher: [London: William Innys [et al.
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