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A Complete System of Geography. Herman Moll., 1747. Attractive map of north-east Germany, with map of Breslaw below, now the Polish city of Wroclaw. Emmanuel Bowen was one of the leading English mapmakers of the eighteenth-century, and was cartographer to both the French and English Royal Courts. Copper engraving. Later colour. Fine condition. Good margins. Size: 22.5 x 32 cm. (9 x 12½ inches).
A Plan of the City and Liberties of London after the Dreadful Conflagration in the Year 1666. The Blank Part whereof represents the Ruins and Extent of the Fire; & the Perspective that left Standing. by Bowen, Emanuel: - 1756
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A Plan of the City and Liberties of London after the Dreadful Conflagration in the Year 1666. The Blank Part whereof represents the Ruins and Extent of the Fire; & the Perspective that left Standing.
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London, 1756. Copper engraving, 22.5 x 33 cm, black and white, trivial spotting, blank verso. Showing the extent of the destruction caused by the Great Fire of London in 1666, our map was derived from Wencelsaus Hollar’s near contemporary version and was first published in the expanded second edition of William Maitland’s History of London. ‘Remarkable places’ and churches are identified in the keyed indicies, top right and bottom left. Adams, London Illustrated, 38/007. Howgego, Printed maps of London, 19a. Map
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A New and Accurate Map of the North East part of Germany / A Plan of the City of Breslaw capital of Silesia.
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A New and Accurate Map of Switzerland / A New Plan of the City of Geneva.
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A Complete System of Geography. Herman Moll., 1747. Two attractive maps in one. The upper map is of Switzerland, the lower shows Geneva, and all its fortifications. The Geneva map is flanked by lists of the important streets, gates, churches and buildings. Emmanuel Bowen was one of the leading English mapmakers of the eighteenth-century, and was cartographer to both the French and English Royal Courts. Copper engraving. Later colour. Fine condition. Good margins. Size: 225 x 320 mm. (9 x 12½ inches).
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A plan of the City and Harbour of La Vera Cruz and the Castle of San Juan de Ulua being the key of traffick and the principal port of New Spain
by BOWEN, Emanuel (c.1720-67, engraver)
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[London: T. Gardner, 1740. Engraved plan by Bowen. Shaved into plate area at the upper and right margins. Sheet size: 6 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. A map of Veracruz prompted by the War of Jenkin's Ear. "The War of Jenkins's Ear was a conflict between Great Britain and Spain that lasted from 1739 to 1748. After 1742 it merged into the larger War of the Austrian Succession. The present map of Veracruz and its environs, printed just after the start of the war, was produced as it was apparent that the fortress' role as a centre for trade made it a prime target for the British. Under the 1729 Treaty of Seville, the British had agreed not to trade with the Spanish colonies. To verify the treaty, the Spanish were permitted to board British vessels in Spanish waters. After one such incident in 1731, Robert Jenkins, captain of the ship Rebecca, claimed that the Spanish coast guard had severed his ear. The British government, which was determined to continue its drive toward commercial and military domination of the…
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