COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
La Guinee 2.
Obj Height cm:
44
Obj Width cm:
33
Scale 1:
9,000,000
Note:
Engraved map. 2nd (east) sheet of 2, covering part of West and Central Africa from Cote d'Ivoire to Angola. Boundaries outlined in hand col. Relief shown pictorially. Ornamental cartouche. Prime meridian: Ferro. "XXXII."
Full Title:
Guinee IIe. feuille. (Carte de la Guinee, contenant les Isles du Cap Verd, le Senegal, la Cote de Guinee proprement dite, les Royaumes de Loango, Congo, Angola et Benguela, avec les pays voisins autant qu'ils sont connus. Projettee et assujettie aux observations. Par M. Bonne, Hydrog(raph)e du Roi. A Paris, chez Lattre, rue St. Jacques, a la Ville de Bordeaux, avec priv. du R., 1781)
List No:
2612.066
Page No:
B 30
Series No:
71
Pub Date:
1791
Pub Title:
Atlas moderne ou collection de cartes sur toutes les parties du globe terrestre ar plusieurs auteurs. Avec approbation & privilege du Roy. A Paris, Chez Lattre Graveur Ordinaire du Roy, de Mgr. Le Duc d'Orleans et de la Ville Rue St. Jacques No. 20. et Delalain Libraire, rue de la Comedie Francoise. (title page only) Monnet del. 1762. Prevost Sculp.
Pub Reference:
Cf. Phillips, 664; National Maritime Museum, 215; British Library. World, col. 384-385 (1762-1785 eds.)
Pub Note:
Maps by Bonne, Janvier, & Rizzi Zannoni. Late edition which includes important maps of the United States, British America, and Mexico which do not appear in the earlier editions. Also has an excellent catalogue of Lattre's publications. The first edition of this atlas had 36 maps (see Baskes copy). Maps are with outline hand col. and bound in full brown leather covers embossed with "Atlas Moderne" on the spine.
Pub List No:
2612.000
Pub Maps:
75
Pub Height cm:
40
Pub Width cm:
30
Image No:
2612066
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2005
Publisher Location:
Paris
Publisher:
Lattre & Delalain
Type:
Atlas Map
Region:
Africa, Central
Region:
Africa, West
Publication Author:
Bonne, Rigobert, 1727-1794
Publication Author:
Lattre, Jean
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Author:
Bonne, Rigobert, 1727-1794
Date:
1781
La Guinee 2.
