C1788

L’Ancien Monde et le Nouveau en De…

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Scarce c.18th hand coloured engraved double hemisphere French world map, with Australia shown with the discoveries up to James Cook. The southern coast from the Great Australian Bight is fictitiously drawn and connected to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania). From Bonne’s, Atlas … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

L’Ancien Monde et le Nouveau en Deux Hemisphere.

Date:

C1788

Mapmaker:

Rigorbet Bonne (1727 - 1794)

Condition:

In good condition, with folds as issued.

Technique:

Hand coloured copper engraving.

Image Size:

410mm

x 216mm

Paper Size:

440mm

x 307mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1788

Description:

Scarce c.18th hand coloured engraved double hemisphere French world map, with Australia shown with the discoveries up to James Cook.

The southern coast from the Great Australian Bight is fictitiously drawn and connected to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania).

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.

References:
Phillips, P. A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress. Washington 1973 : 666.

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 1301467 & Bib ID 1301467
State Library New South Wales: CALL NUMBER RB/DQ034/10

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.

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