Maps, Islands, Madagascar, Réunion, Rodriguez
"Cartes Particulares des Isles de France, de Bourbon, et de Rodrique." "Carte Générale Des Ilses don les figures ci dessus offrent un plus ample détail". Copper etching by Rigobert Bonne (1729-1795) for "Atlas de toutes les parties connues du globe terrestre" by Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal (1713-1796). Published 1780 in Geneva. Attractive hand coloring.
In the upper left is the Isles of Bourbon (now Réunion), famous for its vanila. In the center is the Isle de France and on the right is Isle Rodrigue (Rodriquez). At the bottom are the three islands shown in position east of Madagascar.
Map has vertical fold with some light creases. Tiny repaired ter on lower margin edge.
21 x 31.7 cm ( 8.2 x 12.4 ")
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