Map of the Mozambique Channel, containing the Isle of Madagascar with the Coasts of Africa, from the Cape of Good Hope to Melinde.

Map of the Mozambique Channel, containing the Isle of Madagascar with the Coasts of Africa, from the Cape of Good Hope to Melinde. BONNE (Rigobert). Copper engraving, hand coloring, 1780. Sheet dimensions: 26.5 x 42 cm. Plate mark dimensions: 22.8 x 34.8 cm. Engraving by André from the atlas "Philosophical and Political History of the Establishments and Commerce of Europeans in the Two Indies" by Guillaume-Thomas Raynal in 1780. Fine condition, wide margins. Rigobert Bonne (1727-1794) French geographer, hydrographic engineer, and cartographer.