Antique Map-SOUTH AMERICA-GUIANA-SURINAM-Bonne-1780

Price: € 102,50

Subject: Map: 'La Guyane Francoise avec partie de la Guyane Hollandoise suivant les Operations et les Cartes recentes des Ingenieurs Geographes Francois'. (French Guiana with a part of Dutch Guiana following transactions and recent maps from French geographerers.). This map shows current French Guiana with parts of Surinam and Brasil.

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

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

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 25 x 38.1 cm. The image size is ca. 21 x 31.5 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 9.8 x 15 inch. The image size is ca. 8.3 x 12.4 inch.

Part Number: 11293

Location: A81-04

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 Dien.