Antique Map of the Queen Charlotte Islands, Haida Gwaii

circa 1787 · Maps

Antique Map of the Queen Charlotte Islands, Haida Gwaii

Name: Antique Map of the Queen Charlotte Islands, Haida Gwaii
Brand: Rigobert Bonne
SKU: BG-12707-95
Price: 325 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: circa 1787
Maker: Rigobert Bonne
Kind: Maps
Size: 27.2 × 41.5 cm (10.7 × 16.3 in)
Condition: Fair. General age-related toning. Original folding line, with split. Shows wear and soiling. Blank verso. Please study image carefully.
Places: Canada
Reference: BG-12707-95

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

Isles de la Reine Charlotte, a map by Rigobert Bonne, lettered "Par M. Bonne, Ingénieur-Hydrographe de la Marine", published circa 1787. It is an engraved sheet with a compass rose and a pair of French-language scale bars, and a degree grid framing the main chart.

The central chart shows a chain of islands with the coasts drawn only in part, and the labels "Isle du Lord Egmont ou Nouvelle Grenesey" and "Isle du Lord Howe ou Nouvelle Gersey" on the largest. Other small islands lie scattered to the east and southeast. At the upper left are two insets, one of a group of small islands, the other of a bay, and a third inset at the top is labeled "Baye de l'Hirondelle" with soundings; a small river inset sits beside it. The top margin appears to refer to a voyage of Captain Carteret.

Rigobert Bonne was the French royal hydrographer, and his maps of this kind were drawn from the published accounts of the Pacific voyages of the period.

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