1765 Emmanuel Bowen Very Large Antique Map of Africa Turkey After two editions the plates

After two editions the plates were purchased by Jodocus Hondius in 1604

The map is intricately engraved to show topographical features

entered and anchored in the inlet

He explained this in his Philosophie zoologique : The state in which we now see all the animals is on the one hand the product of the increasing composition of organization

1765 Emmanuel Bowen Very Large Antique Map of Africa Turkey After two editions the platesTitle : Africa Performed by the Sr D Anville under the Patronage of the Duke of Orleansrevised and improved by Mr Bolton E Bowen Date : 1765 Size: 47in x 41in (1. 20m x 1. 04m) Ref #: 40910 1 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This very large 4 sheet original copper plate engraved antique map of Africa by Solomon Bolton after the French cartographer Jean Baptiste Bourguignon D Anville, was engraved by Emmanuel Bowen and published in the 1765