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C1780
Planisphere suivant la Projection de Mercator
Mapmaker:
World map on Mercator’s Projection with Australia shown with the discoveries made by James Cook on the Endeavour and Van Diemen’s Land joined to the mainland and the southern coast is shown with an imaginary coastline.
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Full Title:
Planisphere suivant la Projection de Mercator
Date:
C1780
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition, centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Original copper engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
335mm
x 215mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1780
Description:
World map on Mercator’s Projection with Australia shown with the discoveries made by James Cook on the Endeavour and Van Diemen’s Land joined to the mainland and the southern coast is shown with an imaginary coastline.
Rigorbet Bonne (1727 - 1794)
Bonne was an important French cartographer active in the later part of the C18th. In 1773 Bonne succeeded Jacques Nicolas Bellin as Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at the Depôt de la Marine. Working in his official capacity, Bonne compiled some of the most detailed and accurate maps of the period. Bonne’s work represents an important step in the evolution of the cartographic ideology away from the decorative work of the 17th and early 18th century towards a more detail oriented and practical aesthetic.
