Bowen & Owen’s Map of Norfolk Date of Publication_1861 Kirkeliam et Gallipolin

Kirkeliam et Gallipolin

reissued in 1712 and 1727

Town views and plans were all taken from direct observation rather than improvised in the manner of some earlier geographical works - it was not unknown for the same view to appear in more than one guise

Bishop and antiquary Edmund Gibson completely revised the text and commissioned a new series of maps from Morden

Devon and the Lake District by John Pearson Sayer

Bowen & Owen’s Map of Norfolk Date of Publication_1861 Kirkeliam et GallipolinThis map of Norfolk was engraved by Emanuel Bowen for John Owens Britannia Depicta, a pocket road book derived from Ogilbys innovative atlas of strip maps first published in 1675. Bowen & Owenss work first appeared in 1720 and proved extremely popular; there were numerous editions over the next forty years. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 18 x 12 cm, recent hand colour, black and white strip maps on verso.