1765 Emmanuel Bowen Very Large Antique Map of Africa Turkey Captain John Smith of England

Captain John Smith of England explored and mapped the Bay between 1607 and 1609

it was soon destroyed by the Portuguese

He explained this in his Philosophie zoologique : The state in which we now see all the animals is on the one hand the product of the increasing composition of organization

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South African Republic

1765 Emmanuel Bowen Very Large Antique Map of Africa Turkey Captain John Smith of EnglandTitle : 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