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Auction 144, Lot 30

"Mappe-Monde sur le Plan d'un Meridien. Hemisphere Occidental", Bonne, Rigobert

Subject: Western Hemisphere

Period: 1788 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Encyclopedique

Color: Hand Color

Size:
13.5 x 9 inches
34.3 x 22.9 cm
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Fine copper engraving shows North and South America with the Atlantic & Pacific Islands and New Zealand. Alaska is approximately the correct shape reflecting Cook's discoveries. At bottom right is a large wind rose called "Rose de Boussole," showing wind directions taken from charts in use in the Mediterranean Sea. A second diagram in the lower left corner balances the composition, with information on the poles and the circles of the earth. Engraved by Andre under the direction of Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795), the Director of the Depot de la Marine and Royal Hydrographer to the King, the map was published with Nicolas Demarest in his "Atlas Encyclopedique" in 1788.

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Condition: A

Full margins with very minor soiling in blank margins.

Estimate: $200 - $240

Sold for: $150

Closed on 4/3/2013

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