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Title	A New and Accurate Map of the Known World
Author	Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767
Place of Publication	[London]
Date	ca. 1720
Physical description	1 map ; 31 x 53 cm., sheet 33 x 55 cm.
Geographic Area	World
Scale	Scale [1:100,000,000]
Coordinates	E180°--W 180°/N 90°--S 90°
Depiction date	ca. 1720
Notes	Kashnor notes, "Represents New Guinea as a peninsula, and marks "Holy Ghost Land" i.e. part of the north-eastern extremity of Australia." [In the western hemisphere it is called Tierra de Espirita Sancto.] Kashnor dates as ca. 1720. Cartouche: leaves & pediments Vignettes: Four continents depicted as seated female figures. Depiction of world without water, lower margin.. "Drawn from the latest & most Authentic Surveys assisted by the best & most approved Modern Maps Charts &c. Wherein all the late Discoveries & Improvemts. are carefully Delineated. The whole being Regulated by Astron. Observations by Eman. Bowen." Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Projection: Dual Hemisphere. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: CartoucheVignettesFigures. Verso Text: MS note: 982.
Call Number	105:982 S
Cartographer	Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767
Provenance	Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, June 7, 1927.
Donor/Former owner	Kashnor, L. Museum Book Store.
Language	English
Department	Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Rare Books Dept.
Physical Collection	Huntington Rare Book Maps
Digital Collection	Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Digitization Specifications	Low resolution, migrated image; no image kept on file, must request new image.
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