1780 - Bonne 'Carte Du Canal de Mozambique' east and west coasts of Southern Africa and Mozambique

1780 - Bonne 'Carte Du Canal de Mozambique' showing the east and west coasts of Southern Africa and Mozambique

Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795), a prominent French Cartographer of the 18th Century, became the Royal Cartographer to the French King. Although he prepared a large number of Maritime charts, he is best known for the smaller maps (as the one above) he prepared for 'Raynals Atlas de Toutes Les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre', published in 1780. Unusual for the time, his maps were relatively plain, in black and white, without the usual embellishments associated with that period. Plain they may be, but, they were very detailed.

The medium is a copperplate engraving on a fairly heavy wove paper and the actual image measures 31.5cm x 21.0 cm, the actual paper measuring 40.0cm x 26.5cm There is a centre fold line (as issued) and the text is in French.
All in all, the map, dating back to 1780, remains in very good condition with some slight staining to the top right and left corners of the paper but not of the map itself. The back of the map is blank.
Credits go to Rigobert Bonne (cartographer), Andre (engraver), Abbe Raynal (author) from Atlas de toutes les parties connues du globe terrestre, dressé (Paris, 1780)

This is a genuine antique. Please remember the classification of an 'antique' is that it should be 100 years old, OR MORE. There are many articles being offered as 'antiques' when, clearly, they are not.