Antique Map of Northern India by Bonne (1780)

Description: Antique map titled 'Carte de la partie Supérieure de l'Inde (..)'. A fine example of Rigobert Bonne and Guilleme Raynal’s 1780 map of northern India. Covers the northern part of India from Kandahar (Candahar) and Kashmir (Cachemire) south as far as Decan. Includes the areas claimed by the Mogol Empire, as well as adjacent parts of Tibet and Nepal. Names countless cities and river ways, as well as wind directions and some undersea shoals and other dangers. An inset in the upper right quadrant details the Mouth of the Ganges River. Drawn by R. Bonne for G. Raynal’s Atlas de Toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre, Dressé pour l'Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Établissemens et du Commerce des Européens dans les Deux Indes

Artists and Engravers: Rigobert Bonne, (1727 - 1795), was one of the most important cartographers of the late 18th century. He succeeded Jacques Nicolas Bellin as Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at the French Depôt de la Marine.