Historic Map : Bowen Map of The North Atlantic Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Islands (Maelstrom), 1747, Vintage Wall Art Maps by Louis Hennepin Inspired by his uncle James

Inspired by his uncle James Thomson's well known poem Liberty

the 1606 Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio serves as a testament to the evolving nature of cartography during the Age of Discovery

Covers from Iceland and England eastward as far as Moscow

Bellin's 1778 nautical chart of the world

This is notably the first state of this important map

Historic Map : Bowen Map of The North Atlantic Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Islands (Maelstrom), 1747, Vintage Wall Art Maps by Louis Hennepin Inspired by his uncle JamesA singularly fascinating 1747 map of Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands by E. Bowen. Essentially four maps on one sheet, this map of the North Atlantic islands is festooned with speculation and curiosities. The uppermost map is based on reports b