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Title: An Accurate Map of the West Indies
Creator: Bowen, Emanuel, 1693 or 1694-1767, cartographer
Date Created and/or Issued: 1762
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Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Kashnor notes, "Includes Florida, Georgia, Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland. Also shows the coast of New Leon and present-day Texas." Kashnor dates as ca. 1767. RLIN record suggests 1747. Cartouche: Natives & Lion.. "Drawn from the best Authorities, assisted by the most approved Modern Maps and Charts, and regulated by Astronomical Observations. By Eman. Bowen." Prime meridian: London. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Azimuthal. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note:943.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 map ; 35 x 42 cm., sheet 39 x 45 cm.
Identifier: 105:943 S
420935
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/1474
Language: English
Subject: Caribbean Area--Maps--Early works to 1800
West Indies--Maps--Early works to 1800
Time Period: ca. 1767
Place: Caribbean
West Indies
Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
W105°
W55°/ N42°
N4°
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, June 7, 1927.

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