Bonne, Rigobert
1774

Antique map of East Africa and Madagascar

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Le Canal de Mosambique, l'Isle de Madagascar, les Etats du Monomotapa,et les Royaumes voisins. Par M. Bonne Ingenieur-Hydrographe

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Antique copper-plate engraved map of East Africa, Madagascar, and the Comoros Islands engraved by Andre' and issued by Rigobert Bonne in 1774. Number 96.

Rigobert Bonne was the successor to Jacques Nicolas Bellin as Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at the Depôt de la Marine.

CREATOR: Bonne, Rigobert

PUBLICATION DATE: 1774

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Madagascar

BODY OF WATER: N/A

CONDITION: Good. Wide margins on laid paper. One or two small spots in margin.

COLORING: None

ENGRAVER: Andre

SIZE: 13 " x 9 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 0

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