South African and International Fine and Decorative Art

Online-Only Auction, 14 October - 15 November 2013

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  • Bowen, Emanuel; A NEW & ACCURATE MAP OF THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF AFRICA, CONTAINING LOWER GUINEA, MONOEMUGI, ZANGUEBAR, AND EMPIRE OF MONOMOTAPA, COUNTY OF THE CAFRES &C. AND THE ISLD. OF MADAGASCAR. London, 1747 first edition


Lot Estimate
ZAR 2 000 - 3 000

About this Item

Bowen, Emanuel
A NEW & ACCURATE MAP OF THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF AFRICA, CONTAINING LOWER GUINEA, MONOEMUGI, ZANGUEBAR, AND EMPIRE OF MONOMOTAPA, COUNTY OF THE CAFRES &C. AND THE ISLD. OF MADAGASCAR. London, 1747 first edition

Depicts Southern Africa with reliefs shown pictorially. Includes geographic and ethnographic notes and an ornamental cartouche depicting lions, fruit, a farmstead with labourers and a bay.

37 by 45cm excluding frame; 61 by 67,5 by 2cm including frame


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