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This is the map of india of 1780
Rigobert Bonne: Carte de la Partie Superieure de L'Inde en Deca du Gange, Comprise entre la Cote du Concan et celle d'Orixa avec l'Empire du Mogol, le Bengale, Le Re. d'Atham, partie du ceux d'Ave et de Pegu.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Rigobert Bonne  (1727–)  wikidata:Q721492
 
Description French cartographer
Date of birth/death 6 October 1727 Edit this at Wikidata 2 September 1794 / 29 November 1795 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Raucourt Edit this at Wikidata former 9th arrondissement of Paris Edit this at Wikidata
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Pontault-Combault Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q721492
Title
Carte de la Partie Superieure de L'Inde en Deca du Gange, Comprise entre la Cote du Concan et celle d'Orixa avec l'Empire du Mogol, le Bengale, Le Re. d'Atham, partie du ceux d'Ave et de Pegu.
Description
English: A beautiful example of Rigobert Bonne's decorative map of northern India. Covers the northern region of subcontinent from Dabul in the south, to its border with Tibet in the north. Also shows what is modern day Pakistan and Afghanistan in the West, and China in the east. To the east is Bangladesh. Includes a detailed inset showing the area around the mouth of the Ganges with Calcutta in the center. Names a number of important Indian cities and river systems. Rhumb lines appear in nautical zones. Arrows in the lower left and lower right show the direction of prevailing winds during the dry season and the monsoon season. Drawn by R. Bonne c. 1780s.
Date 1780 (undated)
Dimensions height: 10.5 in (26.6 cm); width: 15 in (38.1 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,10.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,15U218593
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Geographicus link: IndiaNorth-bonne-1780
Source/Photographer

Bonne, R., Atlas de toutes les parties connues du globe terrestre, dressé pour l'Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens et du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes, 1780.

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