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Owen, John; Bowen, Emanuel (Engraver) : Original Map - "The Road from Kings Lyn to Norwich Continued to Yarmouth in Norfolk"

Original publisher's hand-colored double-sided page that shows a county map of Norfolk on the front and three road strip maps around Suffolk on the back. The side showing Norfolk county has red, blue, green, and yellow coloring. The side with the strip maps is black and white with no hand-coloring. The maps are accompanied by surrounding text of the counties and towns such as Norfolk, Ixworth, and Harwich. The Norfolk map shows roads and towns with the watercoloring delineating regional boundaries. The strip maps include towns such as Ixworth, Claydon, Coddenham, Harwich, and Ipswich. No date, circa 1720-1764. Page measures 5 3/8" x 7 3/4." Maps and page are very clean and intact with minimal age wear but have some chipping at the top and left edge (mostly limited to margins). The "front" is labeled Page "200" (the side that shows Norfolk) and the "back" is Page "199" (the side with the strip maps and a description of the towns of Ixworth and Harwich). Title is in a decorative cartouche. Scale of distance in English miles is located within the Norfolk map. Compass roses are located within each strip map. These maps are originally from John Owen and Emanuel Bowen's Britannia Depicta which was a comprehensive road atlas for England and Wales. John Owen was an antiquarian and lawyer who wrote the text for the atlas. Emanuel Bowen (1694?-1767) was an English cartographer and geographer who worked for George II of England and Louis XV of France, and he made the engravings for the atlas. Their maps were based off of earlier road maps by John Ogilby (1600-1676).. Map. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding

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