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Description: This attactive map originates from: 'Atlas de toutes les parties du Globe Terrestre ...', published by M. Bonne in Paris, c. 1780.
Artists and Engravers: Cartographer: Rigobert Bonne, (1727 - 1795), was one of the most important cartographers of the late 18th century. He succeeded Jacques Nicolas Bellin as Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at the French Depôt de la Marine. Engraved by Gaspard Andre.
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Subject: Map: 'Carte des Isles Antilles ou du Vent avec la partie Orientale des Isles sous le Vent.' (Map of Caribbean Islands, Windward and Leeward Islands.) This map shows present day British Virgin Islands, Martinique, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominican Republic, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, The Grenadines and Tobago.
Condition: Fine. General age related toning and occasional light staining from handling as visible on image. Original fold lines.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 38 x 25 cm. The image size is ca. 32 x 22 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 15 x 9.8 inch. The image size is ca. 12.6 x 8.7 inch.
Medium: Copperplate engraving on verge type hand laid paper with watermark. Recent hand colouring.
Location: A79-26
SKU: TPC 11261.1
Section: BONNE-1780
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