L'ISLE DE ST DOMINGUE et celle DE PORTO RICO Par M. Bonne, Ingenieur-Hydrographe de la Marine"

Unusual antique copper engraved map of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico by Rigobert Bonne (1727-1794).


Rigobert Bonne (1727-1794) was one of the most important French cartographers of the 18th Century. In 1773, Bonne succeded to Jacques-Nicolas Bellin as Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at the Depôt de la Marine. Bonne produced some of the most detailed and accurate maps of the period. Bonne died in 1794, his son Charles-Marie Rigobert Bonne continued to publish his work after his death.


Size : 13 x 9 inches


Condition : good condition, in colors, on strong paper, large margins


Edition : Paris, 1780, 18th century


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