Antique Map of Arabia by Bonne (1780)

Description: Antique map titled 'Carte de l'Arabie du Golfe Persique et de la Mer Rouge, avec l Egypte, La Nubie et l 'Abissinie'. Rare edition of Bonne's map of Arabia (Arabian Peninsula). Covers from the Nile Delta south as far as the Horn of Africa and West to Persia, inclusive of the modern day countries of Ethiopia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Kuwait, the and the United Arab Emirates. Originates from 'Atlas de toutes les parties connues du globe terrestre'. 

Artists and Engravers: Rigobert Bonne (1727-1794) was an influential French cartographer of the late-eighteenth century. Born in the Lorraine region of France, Bonne came to Paris to study and practice cartography. He was a skilled cartographer and hydrographer and succeeded Jacques Nicolas Bellin as Royal Hydrographer at the Depot de la Marine in 1773.