Rigobert Bonne:  Carte Des Isles Antilles Et Du Golfe du Mexique; avec la majeure partie de la Nouvelle Espagne . . . 1780

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Title: Carte Des Isles Antilles Et Du Golfe du Mexique; avec la majeure partie de la Nouvelle Espagne . . . 1780

Map Maker: Rigobert Bonne

Description:

A marvelous full color example of Bonne's scarce large format map of Florida, the Gulf Coast, Texas, Mexico, Baja California and Central America. In full original color, from a rare oversized composite atlas,.

This example is corrected to 1782. Scale: 1 inch = approximately 65 miles. Unrecorded second state (the recoreded second state has date advanced to 1786 and publisher changed to Delamarche). Lowery 648n. Sellers & Van Ee, Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies 1750-1789 1703: Covers the Southern United States, Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies. Shows provinces, numerous harbours and bays, towns, forts, channels, and a few routes of navigation. Also shows the direction of the trade winds, the Gulf Stream, and relief. Includes excellent detail along the coast of Florida, one of the best contemporary mappings of its coastline. Excellent detail in the Gulf Coast, including Texas, with a fair amount of detail in the interior. The treatment of Central America is also outstanding. Gorgeous example, in two sheets, unjoined as issued. There was also a third sheet covering the Caribbean issued.

Related Categories:
Maps of the Caribbean
Maps of Florida
Maps of Mexico
Maps of the American South
Maps of Southeast America
Maps of Texas