Map of Virgin Islands and Lesser Antilles by Rigobert Bonne, c. 1780

Name: Map of Virgin Islands and Lesser Antilles by Rigobert Bonne, c. 1780
Brand: Rigobert Bonne
SKU: BG-13619-11
Price: 370 USD
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Date: 1780
Maker: Rigobert Bonne
Kind: Maps
Size: 36.5 × 25.4 cm (14.4 × 10 in)
Condition: Good. Good dark impression on laid paper with wide margins. Some slight toning along center fold and faint edge wear consistent with age. Original platemark visible.
Period: The Early Republic
Places: The Lesser Antilles, The West Indies
Reference: BG-13619-11

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.

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About this piece

The Virgin Islands and nine Lesser Antilles on one sheet, an original copper engraving by Rigobert Bonne, Ingénieur-Hydrographe de la Marine, from his Atlas Encyclopédique and dated c. 1780. The plate is titled "Supplément pour les Isles Antilles, extrait des cartes angloises."

The upper third of the sheet is a chart of Les Isles Vierges, with Puerto Rico at the left edge, St. Thomas, St. John, Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Spanish Town and the smaller cays and passages between them drawn in fine hachuring and soundings. Below are nine small framed plans arranged in three rows: Barbuda ("I. de la Barboude"), St. Christopher ("I. St. Christophe") with Nevis, Antigua, Dominica ("I. de la Dominique"), St. Lucia ("I. de Sainte Lucie"), Barbados ("I. de la Barbade"), St. Vincent, Grenada ("I. de la Grenade") and Tobago ("I. de Tabago"). Each shows coastal names, bays, capes and anchorages. A scale in sea leagues and in common leagues is engraved beneath the title, and the plate number appears at the upper right.

Bonne's atlas sheets were made for maritime use, and this one gathers the smaller British and French islands of the Caribbean, with their harbors, in a single reference.

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