Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Index: Complete system of geography.
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Author:
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Bowen, Emanuel
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Date:
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1747
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Short Title:
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Index: Complete system of geography.
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Publisher:
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William Innys [et al.]
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Publisher Location:
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London
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Type:
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Index Page
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Obj Height cm:
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43
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Obj Width cm:
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28
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Note:
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"A list of the maps and plages with directions for placing them." In the title Bowen states that he is "Preserving all that is useful in the Fourth and Last edition of the Complete Geographer, publish'd under the name of Herman Moll, &c." The 70 maps were also published in two other forms: in "A Complete Atlas" of 1752, and as the Maps for the "Complete Collection of Voyages" by John Harris, in 1744-48 (M&B). The text is massive and interesting, and there are several important maps of America: America, West Indies, Mexico, Louisiana, Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania et al, and Newfoundland et al. The map of the World in Hemispheres is lacking in this copy. Both volumes are newly bound in full brown leather covered boards with "Geography. Vol. 1" and -Geography. Vol. 2" embossed on the spine in gilt.
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Reference:
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cf P614 (1752 edition of A Complete Atlas...); NMM p.356; M&B p 166.
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World Area:
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World
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Full Title:
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(Index to) A complete system of geography. Being a description of all the countries, islands, cities, chief towns, harbours, lakes, and rivers, mountains, mines, &c. of the known world ... In two volumes. The whole illustrated with seventy maps, by Emanuel Bowen, Geographer to His Majesty, being all new-drawn and ingraved according to the latest discoveries and surveys; making, of themselves, a complete atlas, for the sse of gentlemen, merchants, mariners, and others, who delight in history and geography ... Vol. 1. London: Printed for William Innys, Richard Ware, Aaron Ward, J. and P. Knapton, John Clarke, T. Longman and T. Shewell, Thomas Osborne, Henry Whitridge ... M.DCC.XLVII.
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List No:
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3733B
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Page No:
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opp. p. i
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Series No:
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2
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Publication Author:
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Bowen, Emanuel
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Pub Date:
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1747
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Pub Title:
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A complete system of geography. Being a description of all the countries, islands, cities, chief towns, harbours, lakes, and rivers, mountains, mines, &c. of the known world ... In two volumes. The whole illustrated with seventy maps, by Emanuel Bowen, Geographer to His Majesty, being all new-drawn and ingraved according to the latest discoveries and surveys; making, of themselves, a complete atlas, for the sse of gentlemen, merchants, mariners, and others, who delight in history and geography ... Vol. 1. London: Printed for William Innys, Richard Ware, Aaron Ward, J. and P. Knapton, John Clarke, T. Longman and T. Shewell, Thomas Osborne, Henry Whitridge ... M.DCC.XLVII.
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Pub Reference:
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cf P614 (1752 edition of A Complete Atlas...); NMM p.356; M&B p 166.
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Pub Note:
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See note field above.
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Pub List No:
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3733.000
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Pub Type:
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Geography Book
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Pub Maps:
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70
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Pub Height cm:
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43
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Pub Width cm:
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28
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Image No:
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3733B
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Authors:
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Bowen, Emanuel
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Collection:
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Rumsey Collection
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