Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782 Compagnie des Indes Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771, creator Kitchin, Thomas, d. 1784 Robert Laurie and James Whittle Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Published / Created:
1789 January 1
Call Number:
1982 Folio 10
Image Count:
1
Description:
Also appeared in Kitchin's General atlas describing the whole universe. London : Printed for Robert Sayer, [1780]., Has illustrated cartouche and includes text., No. 36 of 43 maps bound together in composite atlas., Norwich, O.I. Norwich's maps of Africa., Prime meridians: Ferro and London., Relief shown pictorially; depths by soundings., Scale [ca. 1:1,850,000]., and This map is copied from an original drawn by Monsr. D'Anville at the expense of the French East India Company, & published at Paris. The country thorough [sic] which the R. Senegal runs has been improved & corrected from a large & curious survey of that river found in the Fort of Senegal.
Publisher:
Printed for by Robert Sayer
Subject (Geographic):
Africa, West --Maps --Early works to 1800
Subject (Topic):
Coasts --Africa, West --Maps --Early works to 1800
Two manuscript volumes containing logbook entries, journal entries, rental accounts, and descriptions of voyages by Thomas Bowrey. The journal volume contains "An Account of the Journall of a Voyage from England to Bengall...in the Worcester East Indiaman commanded by Captn. Thomas Bowrey...1689...1691;" "A Description & account of the Different Islands & bays on the NW Coast...and Likewise the Behaviour of the Natives from Each different place," with three coastal maps; drawings of an escutcheon and a burial monument; leasehold accounts; and extracts from Shakespeare.
Alternative Title:
An Account of the Journall of a Voyage from England to Bengall... in the Worcester East Indiaman commanded by Captn. Thomas Bowrey from the 11th of December 1689 to the 14th of December 1691
Description:
Binding: both volumes bound in tooled full reverse calf; logbook has red morocco spine label with "Account Book" in gilt letters., Journal has eighteenth century gold-stamped, red morocco label pasted on inside front cover: Thos. Bowrey Born Jan. 4 A.D. 1661. Autograph of Henry H. Goddard on front pastedown and front flyleaf has been struck-through., Thomas Bowrey (ca. 1650-1713), pilot, East India merchant, and investor, was the compiler of the first published Malay-English dictionary (1701)., and Volume 2 contains text written in both directions. In four sections according to orientation of text. Each section, including that of the reverse direction, retains pencil foliation as found in the volume.
Subject (Geographic):
Bengal (India)--Commerce, Bengal (India)--Description and travel, Bengal, Bay of--Commerce, Bengal, Bay of--Maps, India--History--1526-1765, Malabar Coast (India)--Description and travel, Malabar Coast (India)--Navigation, Northwest Passage--Description and travel, and Northwest Passage--Discovery and exploration--British
Subject (Name):
East India Company and English Company Trading to the East-Indies
Subject (Topic):
Astronomy--Observations, Explorers--Great Britain, Nautical charts--Malabar Coast (India), Spice trade--England--17th century, and Spice trade--Great Britain--17th century
Two manuscript volumes containing logbook entries, journal entries, rental accounts, and descriptions of voyages by Thomas Bowrey. The logbook volume contains "Some particular Remarks at Kedgerry on Bengall River By Thos. Bowrey, Commander the Ship London," which are log entries from July 1 to November 4, 1701. Entries document weather conditions, arrivals and departures of other ships, supplies taken on, and trading. These are followed by seven astronomical and navigational charts, accompanied by an entry, dated December 23, 1695, recounting navigating through "fields of ice" and offering "a description of the plans of the country....during the course of my voyage endeavoring to find the northwest passage." This volume also contains a copy of Bowrey's will, as well as a drawing of the plans for Bowrey's monument and a copy of his contract with its mason; a three-page autobiography covering his life from birth to his retirement from sea in 1702; a chart of the Malabar Coast opposite Fort St. George; and copies of several poems by Shakespeare and others in a different hand.
Alternative Title:
Account Book
Description:
Binding: both volumes bound in tooled full reverse calf; logbook (vol. 1) has red morocco spine label with "Account Book" in gilt letters. and Thomas Bowrey (ca. 1650-1713), pilot, East India merchant, and investor, was the compiler of the first published Malay-English dictionary (1701).
Subject (Geographic):
Bengal (India)--Commerce, Bengal (India)--Description and travel, Bengal, Bay of--Commerce, Bengal, Bay of--Maps, India--History--1526-1765, Malabar Coast (India)--Description and travel, Malabar Coast (India)--Navigation, Northwest Passage--Description and travel, and Northwest Passage--Discovery and exploration--British
Subject (Name):
East India Company and English Company Trading to the East-Indies
Subject (Topic):
Astronomy--Observations, Explorers--Great Britain, Nautical charts--Malabar Coast (India), Spice trade--England--17th century, and Spice trade--Great Britain--17th century
[Atlas factice of 96 maps by Blaeu, Visscher, Jansson, Hondius and others]
Image Count:
1
Description:
Imperfect: torn and mutilated along fold, with some loss of text; edges reinforced with ms. waste. Sheet measures 41.5 x 51.3 cm. No. 74 of 92 maps bound together. and Numbered 80 [75, cancelled] on verso.
Lempriere, C., creator Toms, W. H. (William Henry), ca. 1700-ca. 1750
Published / Created:
1738?
Call Number:
2003 Folio 85
Image Count:
1
Description:
BEIN 2003 Folio 85: No. 33 of 45 maps bound together with binder's spine title: Atlas of America; ms. table of contents. Bookplate: Robinson. Bookplate of Paul Mellon., C. Lempriere delin., W.H. Thoms, sculp. Price 2s., Hand colored., is humbly dedicated by C. Lempriere and W.H. Thoms, 1738., Relief shown pictorially., and Scale [ca. 1:64,000].
Bowen, Thomas, d. 1790 Speer, Joseph Smith., creator
Published / Created:
1774 May 20
Call Number:
1982 Folio 10
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Chart of the West Indies
Description:
European possessions shown by color., Includes acknowledgement to Captain Speer by John Pownall, secry., Plantation Office, Whitehall, January 25, 1774 and Honorary gold medal., No. 41 of 43 maps bound together in composite atlas., Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings., Scale [ca. 1:5,000,000]., and Shows southern United States, Mexico, Central America, West Indies, Bermudas, and northern South America.
Publisher:
Capt. Speer
Subject (Geographic):
Caribbean Area --Maps --Early works to 1800 and West Indies --Maps --Early works to 1800
