by Eman. Bowen. Relief shown pictorially. 2 bar scales on map, given in "Li or Chinese furlongs," and "English and French leagues." Oriented with north just to the left of top center. Prime meridians: London and Peking. Index of Chinese names of geographic and man made features. Decorative cartouche with pictorial vignette, compass rose, latitudinal and longitudinal lines. Shows topography, waterways. Descriptive text of origins in Jesuit survey 1708-1717. Appears as the thirty-ninth double map in Bowen's Complete atlas, or, distinct view of the known world, London, 1752.
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Bowen, Emanuel, -1767
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printed for William Innys and Joseph Richardson, Richard Ware, J. and P. Knapton, John Clarke, Thomas Longman, Thomas Osborne, Henry Whitridge, Charles Hitch and L. Hawes, Edmund Comyns, James Hodges, Andrew Millar, Charles Corbett, Jo. and Ja. Rivington, and John Ward,
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