Bowen, Emanuel

(1714 - 1767)

Bowen, Emanuel (1714?-1767). An engraver, printseller, and publisher in London, produced some of the best and most attractive eighteenth-century maps. Although he earned recognition both in England and France and held the dual appointment of engraver to both George II of England and Louis XV of France, Bowen died in poverty, nearly blind.

Important works:
A Complet System of Geography (1744-1747)
Atlas Minimus (1758, J. Gibsonnal)
Atlas Minimus (1774)
Universal History of World (1766).