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Rigobert Bonne: Carte des Regions et des Lieux dont il est parle dans le Nouveau Testament.   (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 des Regions et des Lieux dont il est parle dans le Nouveau Testament.
Description
English: A beautiful example of Rigobert Bonne's 1771 decorative map of the lands of the Bible's New Testament. Covers from Italy eastward to include the Eastern Mediterranean, parts of Africa, Egypt, Persia, Arabia and Asia Minor. Includes both the Blank Sea (Pont-Euxin) and the Caspian Sea (Mer Caspienne). Numerous Biblical sites noted throughout. An inset in the lower left quadrant details the city of Jerusalem in the times of Jesus Christ. Notes the Temple, the Fort of Sion, and the Palace of Solomon, the Mount of Olives, etc. A second inset in the lower right quadrant focuses on Judea under the Biblical King Herod. A decorative baroque title cartouche appears at the bottom center. Drawn by R. Bonne in 1771 for issue as plate no. A 20 in Jean Lattre's 1776 issue of the Atlas Moderne .
Date 1771 (undated)
Dimensions height: 12.5 in (31.7 cm); width: 17.5 in (44.4 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,12.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,17.5U218593
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Geographicus link: NewTestament-bonne-1771
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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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