Sketch of Tongataboo Harbour Nautical Copper Engraving - Thomas Bowen / Alexander Hogg 1784
This chart entitled Sketch of Tongataboo Harbour, was engraved by Thomas Bowen in 1785 and published by Alex. Hogg in London. It is from a sketch made by Captain James Cook when he visited Tongataboo (Tongatapu) in June and July 1777. The chart features Tongatapu's western inner harbour and soundings, and its scale is 1:80,000. Cook first encountered the Tongan islands in his Second voyage in 1773, which he termed the Friendly Archipelago, and returned to Tonga in 1774 on his way back from New Zealand to England.
Thomas Bowen (died 1790) was a Welsh engraver of charts. He was the son of Emmanuel Bowen (1693/4–1767), map engraver to George II and Louis XV. Thomas Bowen (1733–1790) would carry on the business of his father Emmanuel, but would ultimately suffer a similar fate as Emmanuel, dying in a Clerkenwell workhouse in 1790.
Alexander Hogg 1778-1824 (fl) - Publisher of books, maps and prints. Publisher of 'The Wonderful Magazine and Marvellous Chronicle'.
This chart entitled Sketch of Tongataboo Harbour, was engraved by Thomas Bowen in 1785 and published by Alex. Hogg in London. It is from a sketch made by Captain James Cook when he visited Tongataboo (Tongatapu) in June and July 1777. The chart features Tongatapu's western inner harbour and soundings, and its scale is 1:80,000. Cook first encountered the Tongan islands in his Second voyage in 1773, which he termed the Friendly Archipelago, and returned to Tonga in 1774 on his way back from New Zealand to England.
Thomas Bowen (died 1790) was a Welsh engraver of charts. He was the son of Emmanuel Bowen (1693/4–1767), map engraver to George II and Louis XV. Thomas Bowen (1733–1790) would carry on the business of his father Emmanuel, but would ultimately suffer a similar fate as Emmanuel, dying in a Clerkenwell workhouse in 1790.
Alexander Hogg 1778-1824 (fl) - Publisher of books, maps and prints. Publisher of 'The Wonderful Magazine and Marvellous Chronicle'.
This chart entitled Sketch of Tongataboo Harbour, was engraved by Thomas Bowen in 1785 and published by Alex. Hogg in London. It is from a sketch made by Captain James Cook when he visited Tongataboo (Tongatapu) in June and July 1777. The chart features Tongatapu's western inner harbour and soundings, and its scale is 1:80,000. Cook first encountered the Tongan islands in his Second voyage in 1773, which he termed the Friendly Archipelago, and returned to Tonga in 1774 on his way back from New Zealand to England.
Thomas Bowen (died 1790) was a Welsh engraver of charts. He was the son of Emmanuel Bowen (1693/4–1767), map engraver to George II and Louis XV. Thomas Bowen (1733–1790) would carry on the business of his father Emmanuel, but would ultimately suffer a similar fate as Emmanuel, dying in a Clerkenwell workhouse in 1790.
Alexander Hogg 1778-1824 (fl) - Publisher of books, maps and prints. Publisher of 'The Wonderful Magazine and Marvellous Chronicle'.
Code : A490
Cartographer : Cartographer / engraver: Alex Hogg / Thomas Bowen
Date : 1784
Size : Sheet size: 14 X 9.25 inches.
Availability : Available
Type - Genuine Antique
Grading - A