BGI-00717

Antique Map of Arabia by Bonne (c.1780)

  • Condition: Very good, general age-related toning. Please study image carefully.
  • Date: c.1780
  • Overall size: 38.5 x 26 cm.
  • Image size: 32 x 21 cm.
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.. Carte de l'Arabie (..) - Bonne (c.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'. Map of Arabia (Arabian Peninsula) and part of Africa. 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.