TY - MAP AU - Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767 PB - Printed for W. Innys and others TI - A new & accurate map of China [cartographic material] : drawn from surveys made by Jesuit missionaries by order of the Emperor : the whole being regulated by numerous astronomical observations / by Eman. Bowen KW - China - Maps - Early works to 1800. A2 - Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767. Complete system of geography CY - [London N1 - Map of China showing its provinces but without clear boundaries and including to the west the Kingdom of Tibet & Mogols of Kokonor stretching to the Kingdom of Corea [i.e. Korea] in the east. The map also includes the Isle of Hay Nan [i.e. Hainan] and the island of Taewan (or Formosa). Bowen has gone to considerable trouble to indicate the major river systems with a considerable degree of accuracy, though elaborate details of physical features in Tibet are largely conjectural'. The cartouche portrays a walled city with an elaborate pagoda. In the foreground a mandarin dispensing justice is identifiable by his dress and headgear, thus pointing out that, unlike other newly discovered lands, this distant and unknown country was civilised and had a highly developed system of justice. A modest compass rose is also shown. Relief is shown pictorially. N1 - Cartouche title. N1 - At head of map: Longitude from Peking. N1 - At foot of map: Longitude from London. N1 - Text reviewing the history of European cartography of China by Jesuit missionaries from 1708-1717 is included and entitled: Advertisement N1 - At bottom left corner of sheet: No. 41. N1 - Map no. 41 from: A complete system of geography / by Emanuel Bowen. London : Printed for W. Innys [and others], 1747. N1 - Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm276 UR - http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm276 PY - 1747 M1 - Accessed from http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3425103 ER -