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French copperplate-engraved map of Cuba and the Bahamas by Rigobert Bonne, 1780 (Paris), hand-colore

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French copperplate-engraved map of Cuba and the Bahamas by Rigobert Bonne, 1780 (Paris), hand-colore
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French copperplate-engraved map of Cuba and the Bahamas by Rigobert Bonne, 1780 (Paris), hand-colored. 12-1/2" x 8-1/2". Fairly accurate map of Cuba and the Bahamas (along with some of the Florida Keys and the Cayman Islands) reproduced in Bonne's "Atlas de Toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre" (Bonne served as the Royal Cartographer to France during this time) with a blank reverse including a dealer's pencil annotations in the bottom left corner. Strongly embossed map with a single vertical fold and light abrasion at the center on the word "Bahama."