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C1781
Planisphere Suivant La Projection De Mercator
Mapmaker:
World map on Mercators projection showing Australia according to Cook with his discoveries of the east coast and New Zealand. An imaginary southern coast is shown and Tasmania is joined to the mainland. A wide shaded band either side of … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Planisphere Suivant La Projection De Mercator
Date:
C1781
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition, centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Original copper engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
330mm
x 230mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1781
Description:
World map on Mercators projection showing Australia according to Cook with his discoveries of the east coast and New Zealand. An imaginary southern coast is shown and Tasmania is joined to the mainland. A wide shaded band either side of the equator shows the wind variations. Celebrated French map maker born in the village of Raucourt in the Ardennes and died in Paris in 1794. He produced Atlas Encyclopedique in 1781 many of the maps relating to Australia & the Pacific are based on Cook’s discoveries.
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.
