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This delicately engraved and color-highlighted map of England was produced by Thomas Bowen, son of the prolific geographer Emanuel Bowen. It reflects mid-18th-century English cartographic conventions, combining practical geographic detail with decorative flourishes. England is depicted with county boundaries, and an extensive network of towns, roads, and rivers rendered in fine script. The counties are densely labeled, with careful distinction made between cities, county towns, boroughs, and market towns according to the typographic key at upper left.
The title cartouche in the northeast corner features the royal coat of arms, a resting lion, maritime trade symbols, and a cross of St. George, merging state symbolism with commercial and naval themes.
Thomas Bowen (died 1790), the son of Emanuel Bowen, continued the family’s work as a map engraver, producing sheets for numerous commercial publications.
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