"A perspective View of the Admiralty Office, Dock-Yard, Storehouses &c. at Amsterdam": by "Bankes, Thomas": Antique Prints

"A perspective View of the Admiralty Office, Dock-Yard, Storehouses &c. at Amsterdam"

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by:: "Bankes, Thomas"
Description:: "Copper engraving, Overall size in off-white mount : 41cms.x 31.5cms. Image size including titles : 274mm.x 175mm. Very good condition.A wonderful engraving from the Rev.Thomas Bankes's Geography, issued near the end of the 18th.Century. Bankes was vicar at Dixton, Monmouthshire, and he compiled his geography of all parts of the world, including 'a Genuine History and Description of the Whole World'. Also included in this work were images and reports from James Cook's three voyages, so that Bankes's volume provided as complete and up-to-date a report on the known world as was available at the time."
Publisher:: Bankes’s New System of Geography
Published Date:: 1790 circa
MostlyMaps ID:: 44934
Price :: £38.00

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