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Rigobert Bonne: North Africa and the Western Mediterranean: Barbary Coast.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
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
North Africa and the Western Mediterranean: Barbary Coast.
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English: This remarkable map of North Africa’s Barbary Coast (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya). Bonne was the successor to Bellin as head Engineer of the French Hydrographe del la Marine Department. This region is known for the terrible pirates who, for centuries, terrorized the Western Mediterranean. Towns, churches, cities and mountains are depicted as miniature representations of themselves. This map is highly detailed and beautifully crafted.
Date 1780
date QS:P571,+1780-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions height: 9 in (22.8 cm); width: 13 in (33 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,9U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,13U218593
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Geographicus link: BarbaryCoast-bonne-1780
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