C1788

Mappe-Monde, sur le Plan de L’Equateur. Hemisphere Meridional.

Mapmaker:

Rigorbet Bonne (1727 - 1794)

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Full Title:

Mappe-Monde, sur le Plan de L’Equateur. Hemisphere Meridional.

Date:

C1788

Mapmaker:

Rigorbet Bonne (1727 - 1794)

Condition:

One rust spot at centre right, otherwise in good condition, with centre fold as issued.

Technique:

Hand coloured copper engraving.

Image Size:

360mm

x 250mm

Paper Size:

450mm

x 297mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1788

Description:

Scarce c.18th map of the southern hemisphere showing Australia with the discoveries made by James Cook’s on his three voyages of exploration. Van Diemen’s Land is shown joined to the mainland prior to the charting by George Bass on the Tom Thumb, along the Victorian coast to Western Port in 1797-1798 and Matthew Flinders’s and George Bass’s circumnavigation of Tasmania in the Norfolk in 1798-1799, that proved its insularity and the existence of Bass Strait.

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.
Shirley, R. Maps in the Atlases of The British Library. London 2004 :: T.Bonn 6a.

Collections:
State Library New South Wales: CALL NUMBER RB/DQ034/10
National Library Australia: Bib ID 1690701

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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