Bowen, Emanuel, 1693 or 1694-1767
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1694 - 1767-05-08
Biography
Emanuel Bowen was a Welsh map engraver who was highly regarded by his contemporaries for producing some of the largest, most detailed and most accurate maps of his era.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
A New and Accurate Chart of the West Indies...., approximately 1744 - 1748
Item — Map-case 4, drawer: 1, map: 1.55
Identifier: 1500.026.4.1.55
Scope and Contents
Atlas map showing the West Indies and surrounding portions of Central America, southern North America, and northern South America. Included are several text notations around the map with contextual information about the areas and time period.
Emanuel Bowen, cartographer. 2-page map labeled "Vol. II. Page 39."
Dates:
Publication: approximately 1744 - 1748
The American atlas, 1776
File
Identifier: G1100 .J44 1776 +OVRSZ
Scope and Contents
The American atlas: or, A geographical description of the whole continent of America; wherein are delineated at large, its several regions, countries, states, and islands; and chiefly the British colonies, composed from numerous surveys, several of which were made by order of government surveys; by Capt. Holland, Capt. Carver, Lewis Evans, William Scull, Henry Mouzon, Lieut Ross, J. Cook, Michael Lane, Joseph Gilbert, Gardner, Hillock, &c. &c. Engraved on forty-nine copper-plates, by...
Dates:
Publication: 1776
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- John W. Shleppey library. 1
- Maps of the American West 1