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a| Bowen, Emanuel, d| -1767. 0| 147954 9| 80f5e055-98ad-5fb6-8e31-a6fee3ebd586
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a| A new & accurate map of China h| [cartographic material] : b| drawn from surveys made by Jesuit missionaries by order of the Emperor : the whole being regulated by numerous astronomical observations / c| by Eman. Bowen.
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a| Scale [1:8,945,000] c| (E 92°--E 130°/N 44°--N 16°)
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a| [London : b| Printed for W. Innys and others, c| 1747].
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a| 1 map : b| col. ; c| 32.8 x 40.4 cm.
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a| 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.
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a| Cartouche title.
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a| At head of map: Longitude from Peking.
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a| At foot of map: Longitude from London.
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a| Text reviewing the history of European cartography of China by Jesuit missionaries from 1708-1717 is included and entitled: Advertisement
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a| At bottom left corner of sheet: No. 41.
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a| Map no. 41 from: A complete system of geography / by Emanuel Bowen. London : Printed for W. Innys [and others], 1747.
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a| Also available online u| http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-231220211
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