Antique Map of Northern Europe by Bonne (1785)

Description: Antique map titled 'Kaart van het Noorderdeel van Europa, Bevattende Deenmarken, Noorwegen, Zweden, Lapland en het Grootste Gedeelte van Europeesch Rusland.' This uncommon Dutch edition of Bonne's map of Northern Europe covers the region from Lapland to Russia in the north and Denmark to Kazan in the south. Six distance scales balance the decorative title. Source unknown, to be determined.

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Rigobert Bonne' after an anonymous artist. 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. Engraved by Gaspard Andre.