Emanuel Bowen
British engraver (1694-1767) · Scientists · Died at 73
Emanuel Bowen was a Welsh map engraver, who achieved the unique distinction of becoming Royal Mapmaker to both King George II of Great Britain and King Louis XV of France. Bowen was highly regarded by his contemporaries for producing some of the largest, most detailed and most accurate maps of his era.
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![A New & Accurate Map of the Island of Jamaica. Divided into its Principal Parishes. Emanuel Bowen, 1752.[1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/A_new_%26_accurate_map_of_the_island_of_Jamaica._Divided_into_its_principal_parishes._LOC_74693274.jpg/1280px-A_new_%26_accurate_map_of_the_island_of_Jamaica._Divided_into_its_principal_parishes._LOC_74693274.jpg)
A New & Accurate Map of the Island of Jamaica. Divided into its Principal Parishes. Emanuel Bowen, 1752.[1]
A New and Accurate Map of Africa. Drawn from the best & most approved Modern Maps and Charts and regulated by Astronomical Observations. (1760)
A New & Accurate Map of Mexico or New Spain together with California, New Mexico &c. Bowen, 1752
1744 chart of Hollandia Nova - Terra Australis, before Captain Cook had mapped its east coast
A New & Accurate Map of Persia drawn by Emanuel Bowen in 1747About this person
He worked with most prominent British cartographers of the period including John Owen and Herman Moll.
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1694 to 1767 · aged 73
