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"A New & Accurate Map of Asia, Drawn from the Most Approved Modern Maps & Charts", Bowen, Thomas
Subject: Asia
Period: 1777 (dated)
Publication: Middleton's Complete System of Geography
Color: Black & White
Size:
16.3 x 12.5 inches
41.4 x 31.8 cm
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This copper-engraved map of the region includes all of Asia and Australia. The map is patterned on Bowen's father Emanuel's previous maps of Asia. Alaska is shown as a group of islands off the coast of Kamchatka. Japan has an unusual, splayed configuration, and Hokkaido is labeled as Yeso I. with a partial Company's Land to the east. Australia is fully delineated with Tasmania still attached to the mainland. There is good detail and many place names.
References: McCorkle (18th C. Geography Books) #280-3.
Condition: B+
A nice impression issued folding with light offsetting and minor foxing mostly in the blank margins.
Estimate: $110 - $140
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