HAND COLORED MAP OF PERU & COUNTRY OF THE AMAZONS, 1747, BY EMANUEL BOWEN, FRAMED
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A New And Accurate Map Of Peru And The Country Of The Amazones. Drawn From The Most Authentick French Maps &C. And Regulated By Astronomical Observations, London]: William Innys [et al.], 1747. A detailed copper engraved map with much information on Peru, showing the course of the Amazon River, providing great detail along the coast from Ecuador to Chile, highlighting gold and silver deposits, and including a number of mythical locations. From Bowen's "A Complete System of Geography," 1747. In gold molded frame, matted and glazed, OS: 21" x 23 3/4", SS: 14 1/4" x 17 1/4". Fine condition. Emmanuel Bowen was one of the leading English mapmakers of the eighteenth-century, and was cartographer to both the French and English Royal Courts.
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HAND COLORED MAP OF PERU & COUNTRY OF THE AMAZONS, 1747, BY EMANUEL BOWEN, FRAMED
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