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Emanuel Bowen (d. 1767)
A Complete Map of the Southern Continent Survey'd by Capt. Abel Tasman & depicted by Order of the East India Company in Holland in the Stadt House at Amsterdam, [London: 1744]. Engraved map, title set within cartouche decorated with shells, 2 extensive letterpress sections, 37 x 48.5cm.
Bowen's famous map of 'Terra Australia' is accompanied by interesting notes. The opening of the second letterpress section reads: 'It is impossible to conceive a Country that promises fairer from its situation, than this of Terra Australia; no longer incognita, as this Map demonstrates ....' Tooley Mapping of Australia 241.
A Complete Map of the Southern Continent Survey'd by Capt. Abel Tasman & depicted by Order of the East India Company in Holland in the Stadt House at Amsterdam, [London: 1744]. Engraved map, title set within cartouche decorated with shells, 2 extensive letterpress sections, 37 x 48.5cm.
Bowen's famous map of 'Terra Australia' is accompanied by interesting notes. The opening of the second letterpress section reads: 'It is impossible to conceive a Country that promises fairer from its situation, than this of Terra Australia; no longer incognita, as this Map demonstrates ....' Tooley Mapping of Australia 241.
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