1750 Kitchin & Maurepas Antique Map Western African Gibraltar & Canary & Cape Is

Description: contact usebay profileebay store A Chart of the Western Coast of Africa...1738...Tho. Kitchin Cartographer : - Kitchin, Thomas 1718-84 Date: - 1750 Size: - 10in x 9in (255mm x 230mm)Ref#: - 31888Condition: - (A) Very Good Condition Description: This original hand coloured copper plate engraved antique map of the west coast of Africa from Gibraltar to the Verde Islands - after Count de Maurepas in 1738 - was published by Thomas Kitchin in 1750. (Ref: M&B; Tooley) General Definitions: Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy and stable Paper color : - off white Age of map color: - Early Colors used: - Green, red, yellow General color appearance: - Authentic Paper size: - 10in x 9in (255mm x 230mm) Plate size: - 10in x 9in (255mm x 230mm) Margins: - Min 1/2in (12mm) Imperfections: Margins: - Top margin cropped into border Plate area: - Folds as issued Verso: - NoneBackground: Kitchin, Thomas 1718-84 Kitchin was a London based engraver, cartographer, and publisher. He was born in London to a hat-dyer of the same name. At 14, Kitchin apprenticed under Emanuel Bowen, under whom he mastered the art of engraving. He married Bowen daughter, Sarah Bowen, and later inherited much of his preceptor\\\'s prosperous business. Their son, Thomas Bowen Kitchin, also an engraver joined the family business, which thereafter published in Thomas Kitchin and Son. From 1858 or so Kitchin was the engraver to the Duke of York, and from about 1773 acquired the title, \\\'Royal Hydrographer to King George III.\\\' He is responsible for numerous maps published in the The Star, Gentleman\\\'s Magazine, and London Magazine, as well as partnering with, at various times, with Thomas Jefferys, Emmanuel Bowen, Thomas Hinton, Issac Tayor, Andrew Dury, John Rocque, Louis de la Rochette, and Alexander Hogg, among others. Kitchin passed his business on to his son, Thomas Bowen Kitchin, who continued to republish many of his maps well after his death. Kitchin\\\'s apprentices included George Rollos, Bryant Lodge, Thomas Bowen Kitchin, Samuel Turner Sparrow, John Page, and Francis Vivares. Atlases by Thomas Kitchin include: Maps for the London Magazine 1747- 60. Small English Atlas (Jefferys) 1749 -1787. Large English Atlas (Bowen) 1755-1787. The Royal English Atlas 1762-1828. England Illustrated 1764. A General Atlas (Sayer and Bennett, Laurie and Whittle) 1768 - 1810 . Kitchin\\\'s Pocket Atlas 1769. Kitchin\\\'s English Atlas 1770. Antiquities of England and Wales (Henry Boswell) 1786. A New Universal Atlas (Laurie and Whittle) 1789 - 1799 What is an Antique Map The word Antique in the traditional sense refers to an item that is more than a hundred years old. In the past maps were sold in two forms, as a single sheet (broadsheet) or bound in an atlas or book. The majority of antique maps for sale today come from books or atlases and have survived due to the protection offered by the hardback covers. 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Price: 75 USD

Location: Ivanhoe, VIC

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