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Image: 1780 Raynal and Bonne Map of Antilles Islands - Geographicus - IslesAntilles-bonne-1780

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Description: A fine example of Rigobert Bonne and Guillaume Raynal’s 1780 map of the Lesser Antilles, West Indies. Covers the entire chain from Porto Rico to Trinidad, along with parts of the Spanish Main. Includes Porto Rico, St. Croix, Barbados, St. Lucia, St. martin, Guadeloupe, St. Christopher, the Virgin Islands, Antigua, Dominica, St Vincent, Tobago, Granada, Martinique, Isla Margarita, and many other islands.. Highly detailed, showing towns, rivers, some topographical features, some undersea features, and political boundaries. Drawn by R. Bonne for G. Raynal’s Atlas de Toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre, Dressé pour l'Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Établissemens et du Commerce des Européens dans les Deux Indes .
Title: Carte Des Isles Antilles Ou Du Vent Avec La Partie Orientale Des Isles Sous Le Vent
Credit: This file was provided to Wikimedia Commons by Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, a specialist dealer in rare maps and other cartography of the 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, as part of a cooperation project.
Author: Rigobert Bonne
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