An accurate map of the county of Essex : Divided into its Hundreds ; Drawn from late surveys and Illustrated with various additional Improvements : Also Historical extracts relating to its Trade, Manufactures, Natural History &c not extant in any other Map of this County /
Bowen, Emanuel,-1767.
Hinton Johnactive 1739-1781
London : [John Hinton],
[1760?].
Relief shown pictorially.
Subdivisions outlined in colour.
Along with the main features, relief, water, woods, roads, the map points out the market days and the distances between towns.
Title cartouche on the right of the map. On a memorial commemorating a burning at the stakes dated 1555 (Protestant martyrs ?). In the background, a view of a town. Along the road passing by the memorial, come a farmer and his cattle. Further up the road, a pile of wood and gallons of potatoes highlight the area resources.
Under the title, a dedication in a cartouche with a crest held by two lions. "To the Noble and Right Honorable Benjamin Mildmay Earl Fitzwalter Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the County of Essex, and Treasurer of His Majesty's Household, This Map is Dedicated by His Lordship's Most Obedient humble Servant ; Eman: Bowen."
Commercial mention : "Sold by Iohn Hinton at the Kings Arms in St Pauls Church Yard London".
North up. Marginal grid. Longitude from London.
In the bottom left hand corner, scale indicator : "British Statute Miles 69 to a Degree, 15" [= 13.5 cm].
"Explanation" in the bottom right hand corner.
An administrative description in the bottom left hand corner.
Around the map, small texts ; a list of the "Earls of Essex" since 1139.
A small part of London appears on the map in the bottom left hand corner.
Formerly printed for John Bowles & Son in Cornhil, T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard & Robert Sayer in Fleet Street in 1760.
Appears in : The large English Atlas, Or, a New Set of Maps of all the Counties in England and Wales, Drawn From The Several Surveys wich have been hitherto Published, With three general Maps of England, Scotland, and Ireland, From the latest and best Authorities, 14.