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Map A new & accurate map of Scotland or North Britain : drawn from surveys and most approved maps and charts & regulated by astronom'l observ's : with several improvm'ts not to be found in any other map extant New and accurate map of Scotland or North Britain

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Title

  • A new & accurate map of Scotland or North Britain : drawn from surveys and most approved maps and charts & regulated by astronom'l observ's : with several improvm'ts not to be found in any other map extant

Other Title

  • New and accurate map of Scotland or North Britain

Names

  • Bowen, Emanuel, -1767.

Created / Published

  • [London : s.n., 1752]

Headings

  • -  Scotland--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Scotland

Genre

  • Early maps

Notes

  • -  Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings in local area.
  • -  Hand col. to emphasize shire boundaries.
  • -  Watermark indecipherable.
  • -  Plate removed from Bowen's Complete atlas, or, distinct view of the known world. London, 1752.
  • -  Phillips 614, no. 6
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Horizontally fold-lined, torn at fold line, detached atlas plate, adhesive label affixed to verso.
  • -  Includes text, notes, Shetland Islands inset, tabular directory of shires, directory of parliamentary boroughs, and embellished title cartouche.
  • -  In lower margin: No. 8.
  • -  2 copies

Medium

  • 1 map : hand col. ; 41 x 34 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G5770 1752 .B6
  • Copy 2 not hand col. (black-and-white).

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012593525

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Bowen, Emanuel, -1767. A new & accurate map of Scotland or North Britain: drawn from surveys and most approved maps and charts & regulated by astronom'l observ's: with several improvm'ts not to be found in any other map extant. [London: s.n, 1752] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012593525/.

APA citation style:

Bowen, E. (1752) A new & accurate map of Scotland or North Britain: drawn from surveys and most approved maps and charts & regulated by astronom'l observ's: with several improvm'ts not to be found in any other map extant. [London: s.n] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2012593525/.

MLA citation style:

Bowen, Emanuel, -1767. A new & accurate map of Scotland or North Britain: drawn from surveys and most approved maps and charts & regulated by astronom'l observ's: with several improvm'ts not to be found in any other map extant. [London: s.n, 1752] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2012593525/>.