Partie de l'Amerique Septentrionale, qui comprend le Canada, la Louisiane, le Labrador, le Groenland, les Etats-Unis et la Floride. (1ere. feuille). Projettee et assujettie aux observations. Par Mr. Bonne. A Paris, chez Lattre, rue St. Jacques, a la Ville de Bordeaux. Avec priv. du Roy. Revue et corrigee 1783.

Engraved map. Sheet 1 (north) of 2 sheets. Boundaries outlined in hand col. Relief shown pictorially. Ornamental cartouche. Prime meridian: Ferro. "XXXIV." Maps by Bonne, Janvier, & Rizzi Zannoni. Late edition which includes important maps of the United States, British America, and Mex...

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Main Authors: Bonne, Rigobert, 1727-1794, Lattre, Jean
Format: Map
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Published: Lattre & Delalain 1783
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Summary:Engraved map. Sheet 1 (north) of 2 sheets. Boundaries outlined in hand col. Relief shown pictorially. Ornamental cartouche. Prime meridian: Ferro. "XXXIV." 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. Cf. Phillips, 664; National Maritime Museum, 215; British Library. World, col. 384-385 (1762-1785 eds.) Karpinski, L.C. Maps of famous cartographers depicting North America, LXXXXVII; Kershaw, K.A. Early printed maps of Canada, 475. Cf Checklist of printed maps of the Middle West to 1900, 1-0040, 1-0043 (1771, 1775 eds.); Lowery, 547-548 (1771 ed.); LC Map