TEXAS,LOUISIANA,FLORIDA L'ANCIEN ET LE NOUVEAU MEXIQUE AVEC LA FLORIDE ET LA BASSE LOUISIANE
£135
Very attractive map showing the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana and Texas with many place names, rivers, mountain, lakes, etc. In the lower left corner a detailed mileage scale.Excellent hand colour.Very good condition.code : M1518
Cartographer : BONNE Rigobert
Date : 1780 Paris
Size : 36*25cms
availability : Available
Price : £135
Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795), a prolific French cartographer, was active between about 1760 and 1788, working in the French Hydrographical Office, and appointed as Hydrographer to the French King.
Bonne prepared a large number of charts, some of which appeared in the Atlas Maritime. Today, he is best known for the smaller maps that he prepared for Raynal’s Atlas de Toutes Les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre, published in 1780, and the Atlas Encyclopedique, published in conjunction with Nicholas Desmarest. Although the maps are relatively plain, dispensing with the decorative embellishment of mid-century, they are detailed and provide good coverage of newly discovered regions.