Partie occidentale du Canada, contenant les cinq Grands Lacs, avec les pays circonvoisins / par M. Bonne...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bonne, Rigobert, 1727-1794
Language:French
Published: [Genève?] : [M[onsieur] Bonne, 1780?]
Subjects:
Great Lakes Region (North America) > Maps > Early works to 1800.
Canada > Maps > Early works to 1800.
Early maps.
Genre:
Early works to 1800.
Maps
Early maps.
Local Note:
MSU copy 1 accompanied by sheet of text.
MSU copy 1: Gift of Ronald Dietz.
MSU copy 2: Gift of Charles Schoenknecht and Ward A. Paul.
Physical Description:1 map ; 21 x 32 cm
Cartographic Data:Scale approximately 1:7,500,000.
Format: Map
Description
Note:Relief shown pictorially.
"Longitude du méridien de l'isle de Fer; longitude du méridien de Paris."
"Liv. XV, XVI, XVII."
"No. 45."
"André sculp."
Map covers the region from James Bay to just below Ft. Duquesne and from Lake Ontario through the Great Plains. It contains numerous Indian tribe names and forts, including Detroit, St. Louis, Toronto and Chicago. The supposed source of the Mississippi is shown. Prepared by R.Bonne and included in his Atlas Ecyclopďique. Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795) was an engineer, mathematician and cartographer, active in Paris. He succeeded Jacques-Nicolas Bellin as hydrographer at the Depot de la Marine in 1773. He is most notable for his Atlas maritime , Neptune Amřique septentrionale , Atlas encyclopedique.. in two-volumes with Nicolas Demarest and Bory de St. Vincent. Engraved by André.
Cartographic material.
Call Number:G3310 1780 .B5 Map