Media Information

 
 
 
Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
A new and correct map of Africa. Drawn from the most approved modern maps and charts, and adjusted by astronomical observations representing also the course of the Trade Winds, Monsoons &c.
Publication Place:
London
Publisher:
Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767
Publication Date:
1748
Cartographer:
Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767
Height:
37 cm.
Width:
45 cm.
Scale:
Scale not given
Color:
Uncolored
Descriptive Notes:
Illustrates the various winds, and is almost free of decoration except for the cartouche. Gold and silver mines appear in Zimbabwe. Top right: Vol. 1. Page 717; Prime meridian through London.
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Africa
Geographic Focus:
Africa
Period:
18th c.
Norwich Number:
89
Call Number:
NOR 0089
Source:
Collection of Voyages (1748)
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0089, p. 105
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

A new and correct map of Africa. Drawn from the most approved modern maps and charts, and …