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| Keywords: 1780 Raynal and Bonne Map of the Virgin Islands and Antilles, West Indies - Geographicus - Antilles-bonne-1780.jpg A fine example of Rigobert Bonne and Guilleme Raynal ™s 1780 map of the Antilles or West Indies Essentially 10 maps in one Uppermost map is the largest and details the region from Porto Rico to St Martin encompassing the Virgin Islands Nine smaller maps include Barbados St Christopher Antigua Dominica St Lucia Barbuda St Vincent Granada and Tobago All identify important towns ports and topographical features Cartographically these maps are based on English nautical charts of the period All names and text in French 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 1780 undated Size in 13 9 object history credit line accession number Antilles-bonne-1780 Raynal G <i>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</i> 1780 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 1780 maps Old maps of the Caribbean Old maps of Antigua and Barbuda Old maps of Barbados Old maps of Dominica Old maps of Saint Lucia Old maps of Trinidad and Tobago Old maps of Saint Kitts and Nevis Caribbean in the 1780s | ||||
