"A New & Accurate Chart of the Western or Atlantic Ocean; Drawn from the most approved Modern Maps &c; By Thos. Bowen, 1788."

  • The central area of the map is dominated by rhumb lines extending from three compass roses. A small landform 33 degrees north of the equator is labeled "Rocks often mistaken for Bermuda."


  • At the left are the coastlines of North and South America between Labrador and the mouth of the Amazon River.


  • Named places and features include the Fishing Banks of Nova Scotia, Boston, Sandy Hook, Chesapeake Bay, Florida, Cuba, Jamaica, the Isthmus of Panama, Venezuela, Surinam, Trinidad, Hudson's Bay, and the Great Fishing Bank southeast of Newfoundland.


  • At the right are the coastlines of Europe and Africa, between the Orkney Islands and the Slave Coast.


  • Named places and features include Ireland, Nymph Bank, English Channel, Lisbon, Gibraltar, Fez, Azores, Morocco, Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, Norway, Amsterdam, and Paris.


  • The image area measures 21 x 26.6 cm [8¼" x 10½"], and longitude is measured from London.


  • Condition:  This map is in very good condition, bright and clean, with no marks, rips, or tears. It is uncolored, as issued, and is blank on the back, with no printing on the reverse side. Please see the scans and feel free to ask any questions.


  • This is an original, authentic antique map, not a reproduction or modern reprint, and it is fully guaranteed to be genuine.


  • It was published in A New Royal, Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography, by Thomas Bankes, Edward Warren Blake, Alexander Cook, and Thomas Bowen; printed for C. Cooke, No. 17, Pater-Noster Row, London; 1789.


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