1780 Bonne, double hemisphere world map, hand coloured

Rigobert Bonne. 

"L'Ancien Monde et le Nouveau en Deux Hemispheres"

From Bonne's Atlas de toutes les parties connues du Globe Terrestre. Paris, 1780. 

Size: 8.4 x 12.5 inches; 21.3 x 31.8 cm

Engraving. 

Attractive double hemisphere world map. In North America, the United States is named and confined along the eastern seaboard. The entire western region is blank with the only place name being Cape Mendocino. There is a large group of islands in the North Pacific including Alaschka in the vicinity of Alaska. Tasmania is attached to Australia and both islands of New Zealand are depicted.

Light stain to lower margin into image. Edge wear. Multiple folds (one as issued).