1747 Bowen Map of Southern Italy (Naples, Sicily)
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A New and Accurate Map of the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily.
Beautiful English map of Southern Italy.
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Beautiful English map of Southern Italy.
An attractive 1747 map of southern Italy by the British cartographer Emanuel Bowen. The map covers the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily, including part of the Papal States, noting important towns, cities, roads, rivers and topography, with mountains rendered pictorially. The title cartouche, appearing in the lower right corner, features a finely engraved illustration of a crumbling Roman aqueduct.Cartographer
Emanuel Bowen (1694 - May 8, 1767) had the high distinction to be named Royal Mapmaker to both to King George II of England and Louis XV of France. Bowen was born in Talley, Carmarthen, Wales, to a distinguished but not noble family. He apprenticed to Charles Price, Merchant Taylor, from 1709. He was admitted to the Merchant Taylors Livery Company on October 3, 1716, but had been active in London from about 1714. A early as 1726 he was noted as one of the leading London engravers. Bowen is highly regarded for producing some of the largest, most detailed, most accurate and most attractive maps of his era. He is known to have worked with most British cartographic figures of the period including Herman Moll and John Owen. Among his multiple apprentices, the most notable were Thomas Kitchin, Thomas Jeffreys, and John Lodge. Another apprentice, John Oakman (1748 - 1793) who had an affair with and eventually married, Bowen's daughter. Other Bowen apprentices include Thomas Buss, John Pryer, Samuel Lyne, his son Thomas Bowen, and William Fowler. Despite achieving peer respect, renown, and royal patronage, Bowen, like many cartographers, died in poverty. Upon Emanuel Bowen's death, his cartographic work was taken over by his son, Thomas Bowen (1733 - 1790) who also died in poverty. Further Details...
Source
Bowen, E., A complete system of geography. Being a description of all the countries, islands, cities, chief towns, harbours, lakes, and rivers, mountains, mines, etc., of the known world …, (London) 1747.
Condition
Very good. Original platemark visible. Blank on verso. A few minor verso repairs and reinforcements to margins.
References
Rumsey 3733.023. Philips (atlases) 614 (1752 edition).