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C1744
A New and Accurate Map of the World Drawn from the…
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Rare, c.18th hand coloured world map by Emmanuel Bowen (1693-1767) on a ovaloid projection, with the tracks of the following circumnavigators; Ferdinand Magellan, Sir Francis Drake and Commodore Anson. The map depicts Australia according to Abel Tasman’s first and second … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
A New and Accurate Map of the World Drawn from the best Authorities and Regulated by Astronomical Observations: describing the course of each of the following circum-navigators vizt. Ferdinand Magellan Sr. Francis Drake, and Commodore Anson By Eman. Bowen Geography to His majesty.
Date:
C1744
Mapmaker:
Condition:
Minor repaired split at lower left sheet edge, as often found, otherwise in good condition, with folds as issued.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
542mm
x 336mm
Paper Size:
561mm
x 402mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1744
Description:
Rare, c.18th hand coloured world map by Emmanuel Bowen (1693-1767) on a ovaloid projection, with the tracks of the following circumnavigators; Ferdinand Magellan, Sir Francis Drake and Commodore Anson.
The map depicts Australia according to Abel Tasman’s first and second voyages 1642-1644 but with a hypothetical east coast extending from Van Diemen’s Land to New Guinea. The VOC had appointed Tasman on 1 August 1642 as commander of the Heemskerck and Zeehaen with instructions to explore the unknown and previously undiscovered areas of the South Land, the southeast coast of New Guinea and surrounding islands. Tasman’s two voyages resulted in the charting of the northern, northwestern and southern limits of the continent as well as the discovery of part of the New Zealand coast.
From Harris, J. Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca or, a Complete Collection of Voyages and Travel.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 998720
National Library New Zealand: fREng HARR Navi 1744
State Library New South Wales: Call Number: RB/F909.8A/13
State Library Victoria: RARESF 910.8 H24 B
State Library South Australia: RGS Special Coll. 910.8 H314 d
References:
Sabin, J. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from its Discovery to the Present Time. New York. (1936) 1967 : 30483.
Hill, J. The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages. San Diego 1974 : 775.
National Library Australia, Mapping Our World. Canberra 2013 : p.143.
Emanuel Bowen (1693 - 1767)
English engraver, mapmaker and publisher active in London during the first half of the c.18th.
He trained under the engraver Charles Price and established himself in the competitive London print trade at a time when demand for maps and geographical works was expanding rapidly. Bowen was the “Geographer to His Majesty” (George II) and later “Geographer to the Prince of Wales,” appointments that he prominently advertised on his maps. He produced a wide range of cartographic works, including separately issued maps, road maps, county surveys and atlas sheets. Among his best-known publications is Britannia Depicta (first issued in the 1720s), a series of county maps often accompanied by descriptive text and lists of towns, seats and antiquities. He also contributed maps to multi-volume works such as John Owen’s Britannia Depicta editions and other collaborative publications.
Bowen’s cartographic style is characterised by clear engraving, decorative cartouches and detailed textual annotations. Many of his maps include historical notes, population figures, trade information and references to classical or biblical geography, reflecting the eighteenth-century appetite for both practical and learned geographic knowledge. He issued maps of the British Isles, Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa, responding to growing public interest in overseas exploration and imperial expansion.
He frequently collaborated with other publishers and engravers, including Thomas Kitchin.
Despite professional activity and royal appointments, Bowen experienced financial difficulties in his later years and is recorded as having died in relative poverty in 1767.
