America - North America / Pacific Ocean / Hawaii Islands / Honolulu / Oahu; Desmarest & Bonne - Carte des Isles Sandwich / Plan de la baye de Karakakooa - 1781-1800

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Desmarest & Bonne's 1787 copper plate map of the Sandwich Islands, hand colored, with detailed Pacific coastlines centered on Honolulu and Oahu.

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This Geographic Map in Folio is an original copper engraving from 1787.

This is the edition of BONNE & DESMAREST, published in 1787 in their Atlas, which bears the title: 'Atlas Encyclopédique, contenant la géographie ancienne, et quelques cartes sur la géographie moderne, et les cartes relatives à la géographie physique......PARIS, 1787.'

Beautiful map published in PARIS, with excellent coloring, wide margins, and geographically well detailed at every point.

Conditions are more than good, as shown in the photo.

The overall dimensions of the map are: 42 cm x 31 cm.

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This Geographic Map in Folio is an original copper engraving from 1787.

This is the edition of BONNE & DESMAREST, published in 1787 in their Atlas, which bears the title: 'Atlas Encyclopédique, contenant la géographie ancienne, et quelques cartes sur la géographie moderne, et les cartes relatives à la géographie physique......PARIS, 1787.'

Beautiful map published in PARIS, with excellent coloring, wide margins, and geographically well detailed at every point.

Conditions are more than good, as shown in the photo.

The overall dimensions of the map are: 42 cm x 31 cm.

Seller's Story

I am a private Catawiki seller and I sell collectibles, a wonderful world.
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Details

Era
1400-1900
Number of items
1
Country
America
Geographical specification
North America / Pacific Ocean / Hawaii Islands / Honolulu / Oahu
Map maker/ publisher
Desmarest & Bonne
Map/ Book title
Carte des Isles Sandwich / Plan de la baye de Karakakooa
Period
1781-1800
Condition
Excellent
Technique
Copper engraving
Additional Information
Original colored copper plate
Map colour
Later hand colour
Height
42 cm
Width
31 cm
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Objects sold
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