1770_Bonne_Map_of_West_Africa_(Guinea,_the_Bight_of_Benin,_Congo)_-_Geographicus_-_WestAfrica-bonne-1770.jpg


Rigobert Bonne : Guinee IIe. Feuille. ( Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL) Create new Wikidata item based on this file )
Artist
Rigobert Bonne (1727–1794) wikidata:Q721492
Alternative names
epiphane
Description French cartographer
Date of birth/death 6 October 1727 Edit this at Wikidata 1795
Location of birth/death Raucourt (Ardennes) Paris
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artist QS:P170,Q721492
Title
Guinee IIe. Feuille.
Description
English: A beautiful example of Rigobert Bonne's 1770 decorative map of West Africa. Covers from the Gold Coast (modern day Ghana), south around the Bight of Benin (Biafara) to Gabon, Congo and Angola. Includes the modern day countries of Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo and Angola. As with most maps of Africa, this map shows excellent detail along the coast and only speculation in the interior. Give evidence of significant Belgian mapping activities throughout the Congo. Names numerous African Kingdoms including Anzico, Mujaco, Bembe, Lubolo, Pemba, Dembi, Calbongo, Bake-Bake, Benin and others. Attempts to map the Niger River as to flows into the Desert de Seth or Saghara, but most of this cartography is speculative at best. Drawn by R. Bonne in 1770 for issue as plate no. B 30 in Jean Lattre's 1776 issue of the Atlas Moderne .
Date 1770 (undated)
Dimensions height: 17.5 in (44.4 cm); width: 12.5 in (31.7 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,17.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,12.5U218593
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Geographicus link: WestAfrica-bonne-1770
Source/Photographer

Lattre, Jean, Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes sur Toutes les Parties du Globe Terrestre , c. 1775.

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