Antique Caribbean Map, Virgin Islands and Antilles Atlas Sheet, Bonne c.1780

Name: Antique Caribbean Map, Virgin Islands and Antilles Atlas Sheet, Bonne c.1780
Brand: Rigobert Bonne
SKU: BG-14105-50
Price: 435 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1780
Maker: Rigobert Bonne
Kind: Maps
Size: 41 × 26 cm (16.1 × 10.2 in)
Condition: Good. Good antique condition with age-related toning, visible central fold as issued, light scattered spotting, and minor edge wear; upper margin shows areas of wear consistent with age; margins remain suitable for framing.
Period: The Early Republic
Places: The Lesser Antilles, The West Indies
Reference: BG-14105-50

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

The Virgin Islands and nine smaller islands of the Lesser Antilles, a composite copper engraving by Rigobert Bonne, circa 1780, from his Caribbean series. The upper section is titled "Les Isles Vierges," and the lower title reads "Supplement pour les Isles Antilles, extrait des Cartes Angloises," credited "Par M. Bonne, Ingénieur Hydrographe de la Marine." The sheet is printed in black without color.

The top third shows the Virgin Islands at a larger scale, running from the eastern end of Puerto Rico ("Porto Rico") at the left past St. Thomas, St. John and Tortola to Virgin Gorda and Anegada, with reefs, harbors and anchorages named. Below the title are nine small framed maps in a grid of three rows, each showing a single island: Barbuda ("I. de la Barboude"), St. Christopher, Antigua, Dominica, St. Lucia, Barbados, St. Vincent, Grenada and Tobago. Each carries its capes, bays and settlements, and a scale bar for marine and English leagues sits beneath the main title.

Bonne was hydrographer to the French navy at the Dépôt de la Marine in Paris, succeeding Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. The note "extrait des Cartes Angloises" shows that the island plans were taken from English charts.

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