Antique Map of Canada, Newfoundland & Acadia — Gulf of St Lawrence, Bonne c.1780
€ 315
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1780
Sheet size
26 × 41 cm (10.2 × 16.1 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14105-45
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Good antique condition with age-related toning, a visible central fold as issued, light scattered spotting, and minor handling wear consistent with eighteenth-century paper; margins remain suitable for framing.
About this sheet
Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and the Gulf of St. Lawrence in a copper engraving by Rigobert Bonne, circa 1780, titled "L'Isle de Terre Neuve, l'Acadie, ou la Nouvelle Écosse, l'Isle St.Jean et la Partie Orientale du Canada," credited "Par M. Bonne, Ingénieur Hydrographe de la Marine." The sheet is printed in black without color.
The gulf ("Golfe de St. Laurent") lies in the center, ringed by the Gaspé coast, Cape Breton, the island of St. Jean (Prince Edward Island) and Acadia, with the St. Lawrence River reaching in from the west. Newfoundland ("Terre Neuve") fills the upper right, with its heavily indented coast, and the "Grand Banc de Terre-Neuve" is lettered in the Atlantic to the southeast. "Esquimaux" is lettered across the northern coast of Labrador at the top. The lower left corner takes in the coast of New England and the Bay of Fundy, and two sets of scale bars at the upper right and lower center give French, English and marine leagues.
Bonne was hydrographer to the French navy at the Dépôt de la Marine in Paris, succeeding Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. The sheet covers the fishing grounds and coasts that France and Britain had contested for more than a century, and its detail is concentrated on the coastlines and harbors.
