Excellent Copper Engraved Antique Map
Carte des Decouvertes du Capt,. Carteret dans La Nlle. Bretagne..Par M Bonne
Engraved by André for Royal hydrographer, Rigobert Bonne (1727-1794)

Detailed map of Papua New Guinea and the regions to the West, including New Ireland

Southern Mindanao, Joseph Freewill, Sable Banks and part of the Celebes.

Published: 1780 edition of Atllas des toutes les parties connues du globe terrestre by Rigobert Bonne & Guillaume Raynal. An elaborate hand coloured antique map of New Guinea, New Ireland, and 5 other small inset maps of various Bays of the Philippines & other Pacific Islands
Condition: Original good condition with some age tone to edges, blank to verso, good plate mark, later hand color. Approx Sheet Size: 11.5" X 16" (290mm x 410mm)

This is a wonderful compilation of several explorers' voyages around Papua New Guinea, with coastal discoveries and voyages by Captain Philip Carteret, Captain William Dampier and Captain James Cook, and depth soundings along Captain Cook’s track after leaving Australia - to the north through the Endeavour Strait, and along the south-west coast of Papua New Guinea. It is a superb original map engraved by André for Rigobert Bonne, and published in Paris circa 1788 on thick hand-made paper for Voyage du Capne Carteret in Bonne's Atlas encyclopedique, which is considered by many to be the best-known summary of all of Cook’s maps pertaining to the discovery of Australia. The lower half of the map is the main chart of Nouvelle Guinea ou Terre des Papous (New Guinea or Land of the Papuas). The upper half of the map includes important discoveries in five little sections of coastline, with a decorative compass rose indorporated to indicate the north-south perspective.


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