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Title: A new and accurate map of the Seven United Provinces : compiled from the most approv'd maps & charts and adjusted by astronoml. observations

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1747

Publishers

  • [London : Printed for W. Innys, R. Ware, etc. 1747]

Summary

Relief shown pictorially and by shading for low lying areas. Cartouche title. From: A complete system of geography / by Emanuel Bowen. London : Printed for W. Innys, R. Ware, etc., 1747. Area: United Provinces or Netherlands north of the Rhine. Shows boundaries, marshes, banks, rivers and canals, roads, woodland and principal cities and towns. Prime meridian: London. Picture surrounding title cartouche shows a woman and man in traditional dress standing next to 9 round cheeses, near a house and a tree; in the background a single horse stands near a gate and past the gate two men, one on horseback, one on foot are following three dogs in pursuit of a stag.

Subjects

  • North Atlantic Ocean
  • Netherlands
  • Netherlands—Maps—Early works to 1800
  • North Sea—Maps—Early works to 1800
  • Maps—Netherlands—1747
  • Nautical charts—North Sea—1747
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (2.6667, 7.5123, 53.7563, 50.8349)
  • Geometry: BBOX (2.6667, 7.5123, 53.7563, 50.8349)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Bowen, Emanuel, d. 1767. A new and accurate map of the Seven United Provinces : compiled from the most approv'd maps & charts and adjusted by astronoml. observations. [London : Printed for W. Innys, R. Ware, etc. 1747]. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-h128nh152

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng