Antique Map-JAMAICA-CARIBBEAN-Bonne-1780

Price: € 162,50

Subject: Map title: 'Carte de l'Isle de la Jamaique.' (Map of the Island of Jamaica.)

Condition: Fine. General age related toning and occasional light staining from handling as visible on image.

Medium: Copperplate engraving on verge type hand laid paper with watermark. Recent hand colouring.

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.

Part Number: 11277

Location: A79-34

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.