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Rigobert Bonne: Carte De L'Egypte Ancienne et Moderne Dresse sur plusieurs Cartes Manus crites, assijeties aux observations Astronomique, Combinees avec les Itineraires Anciens et Modernes.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Rigobert Bonne  (1727–1794)  wikidata:Q721492
 
Alternative names
epiphane
Description French cartographer
Date of birth/death 6 October 1727 Edit this at Wikidata 1795
Location of birth/death Raucourt (Ardennes) Paris
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Pontault-Combault Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q721492
Title
Carte De L'Egypte Ancienne et Moderne Dresse sur plusieurs Cartes Manus crites, assijeties aux observations Astronomique, Combinees avec les Itineraires Anciens et Modernes.
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English: A beautiful example of Rigobert Bonne's 1762 decorative map Egypt. Covers from the Nile Delta south as far as Aswan and the border with Nubia and includes the Sinai and parts of the Red Sea. Makes note of both ancient and modern (c. 1762) sites. Details various Sheikdoms, Prefectures and Provinces throughout. An elaborate decorative title cartouche in the upper right quadrant features stylized date palms, the Nile cataracts, and a typically monstrous Nile crocodile. Drawn by R. Bonne in 1762 for issue as plate no. 29 in Jean Lattre's 1776 issue of the Atlas Moderne .
Date 1762 (dated)
Dimensions height: 18 in (45.7 cm); width: 12.5 in (31.7 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,18U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,12.5U218593
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Geographicus link: Egypt-bonne-1762
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Lattre, Jean, Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes sur Toutes les Parties du Globe Terrestre, c. 1775.

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