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Add MS 5222/14-17
- Record Id:
- 040-003947811
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003936367
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100124038661.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5222/14-17
- Title:
- Nautical charts and maps drawn by Thomas Bowrey
- Scope & Content:
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Four maps and charts mounted on rolls. Summary description of contents:
14. Pen and ink chart of the islands of Amoy [Xiamen] and Quimoy [Chin-men Tao island, Taiwan], off the coast of China. Signed 'Made by Tho. Bowreij in fort St. George 1686'. Dimensions: 790 x 520 mm.
15. Pen and ink chart of the Persian Gulf. Signed 'Made by Thomas Bowreij, 1685'.
16. Chart of the Isle of Formosa [Taiwan], and adjacent islands on the coast of China. By Thomas Bowrey, dated 1687. Dimensions: 780 x 770 mm.
17. Chart of the Island of Zeyloan [i.e. Ceylon, now Sri Lanka], by Thomas Bowrey, dated 1681. Dimensions: 730 x 930 mm.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Sloane Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003936367
040-003947811 - Is part of:
- Add MS 5222 : Miscellaneous maps and charts
Add MS 5222/14-17 : Nautical charts and maps drawn by Thomas Bowrey - Hierarchy:
- 032-003936367[0001]/040-003947811
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 5222
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 box (4 rolls)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: paper laid down on canvas.
Medium: ink.
- Finding Aids:
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Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts, vol. 21 (1832), available in the Manuscripts Reading Room, where the volume is described as: 'Various Maps and Charts; chiefly of Parts of the East Indies. Large Folio. viz.
14. Chart of the Isles of Amoy and Quimoy, off the Coast of China. Copied byTho. Bowreij, 1686. from a chart made by J. [M or N?]. 1676.15. Chart of the Persian Gulph. By Tho. Bowreij, 1685.16. Large Chart of the Isle of Formosa, and adjacent islets on the coast of China. By T. Bowreij, 1687.17. Large colored Chart of the Island of Zeyloan (Ceylon) By Tho. Bowreij, 1681.'
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Bowrey, Thomas, sea captain and free merchant, c 1650-1713