Antique Map Guadeloupe & Marie Galante, Rigobert Bonne Caribbean Chart c1780

Name: Antique Map Guadeloupe & Marie Galante, Rigobert Bonne Caribbean Chart c1780
Brand: Rigobert Bonne
SKU: BG-14105-41
Price: 325 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: circa 1780
Maker: Rigobert Bonne
Kind: Maps
Size: 26 × 41 cm (10.2 × 16.1 in)
Condition: Good. Good antique condition with age-related toning and light paper wear consistent with eighteenth-century prints; visible central fold as issued; minor scattered spotting typical for the period; margins remain generous and suitable for framing.
Places: The Lesser Antilles, The West Indies
Reference: BG-14105-41

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

Guadeloupe and its dependencies, a copper engraving by Rigobert Bonne, circa 1780, titled "Les Isles de la Guadeloupe, de Marie Galante, de la Désirade, et celles des Saintes, Colonie Françoise dans les Antilles," credited "Par M. Bonne, Ingénieur Hydrographe de la Marine." The sheet is printed in black without color.

The butterfly-shaped main island is drawn at the left, with Basse-Terre on the west and Grande-Terre curving to the northeast, divided by a narrow channel. Hachures suggest the relief, and the coast is lettered with points, capes, quarters and parish names. La Désirade appears at the upper right, Marie-Galante at the lower right, and the Îles des Saintes at the foot of Basse-Terre, with a small islet nearby. Scale bars for common French leagues and marine leagues sit at the bottom.

Bonne was hydrographer to the French navy at the Dépôt de la Marine in Paris, succeeding Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. Guadeloupe was a French colony of the Antilles, and the sheet names the quarters and parishes of the island group at the end of the 1770s.

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