Emanuel Bowen was an English map engraver, who worked for George II of England and Louis XV of France

Louis XV of France

Louis XV was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1 September 1715 until his death. He succeeded his great-grandfather at the age of five, his first cousin Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, served as Regent of the kingdom until Louis's majority in 1723...

 as a geographer

He published a 'Complete Atlas of Geography,' 1744-7; an 'English Atlas, with a new set of maps,' 1745(?); a 'Complete Atlas ... in sixty-eight Maps,' 1752; 'Atlas Minimus; or a new set of Pocket Maps,' 1758; and a series of separate maps of the English counties, of Germany, Asia Minor, and Persia, between 1736 and 1776.

Thomas Bowen

Thomas Bowen (engraver)

Thomas Bowen was an English engraver of charts. He was the son of Emanuel Bowen , map engraver to George II and Louis XV.He died in Clerkenwell workhouse early in 1790.-Works:He engraved:...

 was his son; Thomas Kitchin

Thomas Kitchin

Thomas Kitchin was an English engraver and map-maker, who became hydrographer to the king.-Life:He was born in Southwark, and was apprenticed to Emanuel Bowen in 1732. Originally based in Clerkenwell, by late 1755 Kitchin was established on Holborn Hill. From 1773 Kitchin was royal hydrographer...

 and Thomas Jefferys

Thomas Jefferys

Thomas Jefferys , "Geographer to King George III", was an English cartographer who was the leading map supplier of his day. He engraved and printed maps for government and other official bodies and produced a wide range of commercial maps and atlases, especially of North America.-Early work:As...

were his apprentices.