C1788

Mappe Monde sur un Plan Horisontal situe…

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Scarce c.18th French hand coloured map of the eastern hemisphere by Rigorbet Bonne, with an armorial sphere at lower left. Australia shown with the discoveries made by Jame Cook on his first voyage while the southern coast is shown incomplete. … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Mappe Monde sur un Plan Horisontal situe a 45d de latitude Sud. Hemisphere Occidental.

Date:

C1788

Mapmaker:

Rigorbet Bonne (1727 - 1794)

Condition:

In good condition, centre fold as issued.

Technique:

Hand coloured copper engraving.

Image Size:

360mm

x 250mm

Paper Size:

385mm

x 275mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1788

Description:

Scarce c.18th French hand coloured map of the eastern hemisphere by Rigorbet Bonne, with an armorial sphere at lower left.

Australia shown with the discoveries made by Jame Cook on his first voyage while the southern coast is shown incomplete.

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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