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EAST INDIES,- Carte Hydro-geo-graphique des Indes Orientales.. (Set of Four Maps).

Maker / Publisher:		BONNE, R.
Place & Date:		Paris, 1771
Colored:		In original colors.
Size:		293 x 408 mm / 11.5 x 16.1 inches
Condition:		In very good condition, occasional very light foxing in margins only.

Description

A detailed map with a large, and very decorative title cartouche, showing the coast of southern China [incl. the island of Hong Kong, also not labeled], Taiwan and the Philippines region with particular detail in the Tonkin area of northern Vietnam. The map has rhumb lines and depths to help navigators.

The four sheets can be united to form a large map of approx. 580mm x 820mm

Published in: 'Atlas moderne ou collection de cartes sur toutes les parties du globe terrestre par plusieurs auteurs'. One of the earliest detailed hydrographic maps of South East Asia.

Rigobert Bonne (1727-1794) was a French geographer, hydrographer engineer, and cartographer master of mathematics in the 18th century. Born in the Ardennes at Raucourt on October 6, 1727, he learned mathematics without a teacher and was an engineer at the age of eighteen. He served in that capacity in the Flanders War, where he was at the siege of Berg-op-Zoom in 1747.

He applied himself to physics, mathematics, geography, and for fifteen years he was one of the most sought-after masters in Paris. In 1775, he succeeded Giovanni Rizzi-Zannoni as the cartographer to the King of France in the Hydrographic Service of the Navy (the Depot of maps and plans of the Navy was created by order of King Louis XV in 1720).

An attack of paralysis which occurred to him in 1775, of which he remained in infirmity for the rest of his life. Around 1780, he precisely defined the projection which would then bear his name: the Projection of Bonne. Among other things, he produced maps for the works of Father Raynal and for the 'Methodical Encyclopedia' by Nicolas Desmarest. (Wikipedia)

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