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Map An accurate map of the West Indies. Exhibiting not only all the islands posses'd by the English, French, Spaniards & Dutch, but also all the towns and settlements on the continent of America adjacent thereto.

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Title

  • An accurate map of the West Indies. Exhibiting not only all the islands posses'd by the English, French, Spaniards & Dutch, but also all the towns and settlements on the continent of America adjacent thereto.

Names

  • Bowen, Emanuel, -1767.
  • Cave, E.

Created / Published

  • London, Printed for E. Cave [175-?]

Headings

  • -  Caribbean Area--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  West Indies--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Caribbean Area
  • -  West Indies

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:14,000,000.
  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  Also shows southern United States, Central America, and northern South America.
  • -  "Where may be had just publish'd for the use of the curious as well as students, in one vol: 8 vo., Geography reformed; or, A new system of general geography, according to an accurate analysis of ye science; augmented with several necessary branches omitted by former authors in 4 parts to which is added a copious index, answering ye end of a geographical dictionary."
  • -  LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1681
  • -  Includes explanatory notes.
  • -  Vault
  • -  AACR2

Medium

  • map 30 x 39 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4390 175- .B6

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 74690946

Online Format

  • image

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Bowen, Emanuel, -1767, and E Cave. An accurate map of the West Indies. Exhibiting not only all the islands posses'd by the English, French, Spaniards & Dutch, but also all the towns and settlements on the continent of America adjacent thereto. [London, Printed for E. Cave 175-?, 1750] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/74690946/.

APA citation style:

Bowen, E. & Cave, E. (1750) An accurate map of the West Indies. Exhibiting not only all the islands posses'd by the English, French, Spaniards & Dutch, but also all the towns and settlements on the continent of America adjacent thereto. [London, Printed for E. Cave 175-?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/74690946/.

MLA citation style:

Bowen, Emanuel, -1767, and E Cave. An accurate map of the West Indies. Exhibiting not only all the islands posses'd by the English, French, Spaniards & Dutch, but also all the towns and settlements on the continent of America adjacent thereto. [London, Printed for E. Cave 175-?, 1750] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/74690946/>.