Historic Map : Bonne Map or Chart of The Spheres and Compass Rose, 1775, Vintage Wall Art World An allegorical map of the Civilization torn between Extravagance and Depression at the height of the Great Depression. 5247493 based upon inaccuracies and falsities

based upon inaccuracies and falsities

representing west and south

Cartographically Bacon derived this map from the Ordinance Survey with embellishments including quarter mile grid and square segmentation

"Western China and Kyrgyzstan"

Historic Map : Bonne Map or Chart of The Spheres and Compass Rose, 1775, Vintage Wall Art World An allegorical map of the Civilization torn between Extravagance and Depression at the height of the Great Depression. 5247493 based upon inaccuracies and falsitiesA beautiful example of Rigobert Bonne's curious decorative chart of the Spheres. Features five different spheres used in mapmaking and calculating map projections. From top left, Sphere de Ptolomee, Sphere Droite (Right Sphere), Sphere Parallele (Parallel Sphere), Rose de Boussole (Compass Rose), and another Rose de Boussole (Compass Rose). Drawn by R. Bonne around 1775 for issue as plate no. C in Jean Lattre's 1776 issue of the Atlas Moderne .