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C1788
Detroit de Magellan, avec les Plans des principaux Ports, Bayes &c de ce Detroit.
Mapmaker:
Scarce map of the Magellan Strait in Tierra del Fuego, an archipelago at South America’s southernmost tip, shared by Chile and Argentina. Insets feature the principal bays and ports in that region. From Bonne’s, Atlas Encyclopedique, Contenant La Geographie Ancienne, … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Detroit de Magellan, avec les Plans des principaux Ports, Bayes &c de ce Detroit.
Date:
C1788
Mapmaker:
Condition:
Some minor foxing, otherwise in good condition, centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring
Image Size:
360mm
x 250mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1788
Description:
Scarce map of the Magellan Strait in Tierra del Fuego, an archipelago at South America’s southernmost tip, shared by Chile and Argentina. Insets feature the principal bays and ports in that region.
From Bonne’s, Atlas Encyclopedique, Contenant La Geographie Ancienne, et Quelques Cartes sur La Geographie du Moyen Age, La Geographie Moderne, et les Cartes Relatives a la Geographie Physique.
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.
