Rigobert Bonne

This hand coloured 1778 map of New Zealand is one of the first copies of Cook’s 1772 chart.
Rigobert Bonne (1727-95) included a compass rose and four inserts on his copy – viz. Cook Strait,
Bay of Islands, Mercury Bay and Tolaga Bay. He also copied Cook’s mistakes – Banks Peninsula
as an island and Stewart Island as a possible peninsula. Charted so that the prime meridian passes
through Paris.

Size:  230 mm x 340 mm