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Thomas Bowen (died 1790) was an English engraver of charts. He was the son of Emanuel Bowen (1693/4–1767),〔http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/3/101003035/ Retrieved 16 April 2011〕 map engraver to George II and Louis XV. He died in Clerkenwell workhouse early in 1790. ==Works== He engraved: *the maps and charts of the West Indies, published by the direction of the government from the surveys of Captain James Speer; *maps of the country twenty miles round London and of the road between London and St. David's, about 1750; *a 'New Projection of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres of the Earth,' 1776; and *an 'Accurate Map of the Russian Empire in Europe and Asia,' 1778. *"A New & Accurate Map Of Europe From The Latest Improvements And Regulated By Astronomical Observations", engraved for Mountague’s History of England.〔http://www.garwood-voigt.com/catalogues/eurocont.htm, Retrieved 06 Oct 14〕 He contributed to George Taylor and Andrew Skinner's ''Survey and Maps of the Roads of North Britain'' in 1776. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Bowen (engraver)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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