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Stock# 37922
Description
Detailed map of the Red Sea, engraved by Thomas Bowen for A Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage up the Red-Sea, on the Coasts of Arabia and Egypt : and of a route through the deserts of Thebais, hitherto unknown to the European traveller, in the year M.DCC.LXXVII . . . ., by Eyles Irwin.
Eyles Irwin (1751-1817) was an Irish Poet and Writer, who spent the majority of his professional career with the British East India Company. Born in Calcutta, he joined the East India Company in Madras in 1767. Over time, he rose to become the Superintendent of the Company's affairs in China.
Condition Description
Minor repaired fold split.
