Antique Map Martinique Caribbean Island Chart, Rigobert Bonne French Map, c.1780

Name: Antique Map Martinique Caribbean Island Chart, Rigobert Bonne French Map, c.1780
Brand: Rigobert Bonne
SKU: BG-14105-42
Price: 315 USD
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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 and light paper wear; visible original central fold as issued; minor scattered spotting and faint handling marks typical for eighteenth-century prints; margins remain generous and suitable for framing.
Period: The Early Republic
Places: The Lesser Antilles, The West Indies
Reference: BG-14105-42

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.

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About this piece

Martinique, a copper engraving by Rigobert Bonne, circa 1780, titled "Carte de l'Isle de la Martinique, Colonie Françoise dans les Isles Antilles," credited "Par M. Bonne, Ingénieur Hydrographe de la Marine." The sheet is printed in black without color, and the island is the sole subject.

The island is shown on a tall sheet, with the mountainous north drawn in heavy hachured relief and the lower hills of the south in lighter strokes. Saint-Pierre on the west coast and Fort Royal (modern Fort-de-France) at the head of its bay are marked, along with the Cul-de-Sac Royal, Le Marin and La Trinité, and the coast is lettered with points, bays, parishes, batteries and anchorages. Rivers run from the hills to the sea. Three scale bars below the island give small French leagues, common French leagues and marine leagues, and the borders are lettered with latitude and longitude.

Bonne was hydrographer to the French navy at the Dépôt de la Marine in Paris, succeeding Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. Martinique was the principal French colony of the Windward Islands, and this sheet shows its harbors, settlements and coastal defenses.

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