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C1788
Mappe-Monde, sur le Plan d’un Meridien. Hemisphere Oriental.
Mapmaker:
Scarce c.18th map showing the eastern hemisphere with Australia according to Cook’s voyage discoveries and prior to the discovery of Bass Strait by Bass and Flinders. There are insets of “Rose de Boussole” and “Spere Droite“. From Bonne’s, Atlas Encyclopedique, … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Mappe-Monde, sur le Plan d’un Meridien. Hemisphere Oriental.
Date:
C1788
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
345mm
x 235mm
Paper Size:
423mm
x 297mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1788
Description:
Scarce c.18th map showing the eastern hemisphere with Australia according to Cook’s voyage discoveries and prior to the discovery of Bass Strait by Bass and Flinders. There are insets of “Rose de Boussole” and “Spere Droite“.
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.
Collections:
State Library New South Wales: Call Numbers: Q912/B
National Library Australia: Bib ID 1690701
State Library New South Wales: Call Numbers: Q912/B
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.
