Child, George

African forts, Chinese cities, Arabian coasts and fish all passed through the hands of George Child, the British engraver wh...

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African forts, Chinese cities, Arabian coasts and fish all passed through the hands of George Child, the British engraver who illustrated Thomas Astley's New General Collection of Voyages and Travels. The maps here date chiefly from 1745 and 1746, when he was turning earlier surveys and travel accounts into engraved plates. His African coastal maps cover Senegal, the Gold Coast, Angola and the Cape, and his Asian subjects reach Arabia, India, Tibet and the cities of China. Prints from the same compilation add fortified settlements, buildings, birds, fish and scenes of local life.

African forts, Chinese cities, Arabian coasts and fish all passed through the hands of George Child, the British engraver who illustrated Thomas Astley's New General Collection of Voyages and Travels. The maps here date chiefly from 1745 and 1746, when he was turning earlier surveys and travel accounts into engraved plates. His African coastal maps cover Senegal, the Gold Coast, Angola and the Cape, and his Asian subjects reach Arabia, India, Tibet and the cities of China. Prints from the same compilation add fortified settlements, buildings, birds, fish and scenes of local life.

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