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C1781
Mappe-Monde en Deaux Hemispheres, L’Oriental Et L’Occidental.
Mapmaker:
Early French double hemisphere world map by Rigobert Bonne showing Australia joined to Van Diemen’s Land and includes the Hawaiian Islands. Cook had discovered the Hawaiian Islands only in 1779 so this map is one the earliest to include them.
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Full Title:
Mappe-Monde en Deaux Hemispheres, L’Oriental Et L’Occidental.
Date:
C1781
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
330mm
x 215mm
Frame Size:
560mm
x 450mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1781
Description:
Early French double hemisphere world map by Rigobert Bonne showing Australia joined to Van Diemen’s Land and includes the Hawaiian Islands. Cook had discovered the Hawaiian Islands only in 1779 so this map is one the earliest to include them.
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.
