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Stock# 11602
Description
Detailed plan of old and New Peking, with explanation of the various locations withing the City walls. From Harris' Navigantum, one of the great compilations of voyages of the mid 18th Century.
Emanuel Bowen Biography
Emanuel Bowen (1694?-1767) was a British engraver and print seller. He was most well-known for his atlases and county maps. Although he died in poverty, he was widely acknowledged for his expertise and was appointed as mapmaker to both George II of England and Louis XV of France. His business was carried on by his son, Thomas Bowen. He also trained many apprentices, two of whom became prominent mapmakers, Thomas Kitchin and Thomas Jeffreys.
![(Russian Adventurism in China) Карта Средней Азии Составлена К. Веберомъ... 1871. [Map of Central Asia Compiled by K. Weber... 1871.]](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/58597.jpg)
