1765 Emmanuel Bowen Very Large Antique Map of Africa Canada 750 kilometres east of northern

750 kilometres east of northern Australia

confirmed by the subsequent voyage of Jules Dumont dUrville in 1828

Its position on the natural harbor of Galveston Bay along the Gulf of Mexico made it the center of trade in Texas

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1765 Emmanuel Bowen Very Large Antique Map of Africa Canada 750 kilometres east of northernTitle : Africa Performed by the Sr D Anville under the Patronage of the Duke of Orleansrevised and improved by Mr Bolton E Bowen Date : 1765 Size: 47in x 41in (1. 20m x 1. 04m) Ref #: 40910 1 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This very large 4 sheet original copper plate engraved antique map of Africa by Solomon Bolton after the French cartographer Jean Baptiste Bourguignon D Anville, was engraved by Emmanuel Bowen and published in the 1765