A New and Accurate Map of the Islands of Cuba; Hispaniola or Santo Domingo, and Porto Rico

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Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
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PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
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Summary

Extent:
.01 Linear Feet
Creator:
Bowen, Emanuel, 1693 or 1694-1767
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Two copper engraved maps on one hand-colored leaf, from Emanuel Bowen's A complete atlas or distinct view of the known world, 1752. The maps' cartouches state they are "drawn from the most approved Maps & Charts and Regulated by Astron[mical] Observations." Includes Bahama Islands, the Windward Passage, the Virgin Islands, island place names, map scale, and compass rose. Bodies of water noted: Gulf of Mexico, North Sea, and Atlantic Ocean.

Biographical / historical:

Emanuel Bowen (1693 or 1694-1767) was an English mapmaker and engraver.

Acquisition information:
Purchased with monies from the Judge H. Lester Hooker Fund
Physical facet:
Some tearing along edges; small piece missing from right bottom corner. Tape on left and right edges.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard