Atlantic Neptune Chart of Cobscook and Passamaquoddy Bays by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, c. 1777

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Dennys River Historical Society

Chart of Dennys Bay, J.F.W. Des Barres, London 1777: Detail of a Chart of Passamaquoddy Bay by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, from the Atlantic Neptune, published in London in 1777, probably surveyed around 1771.
Chart of Dennys Bay, J.F.W. Des Barres, London 1777

Detail of a Chart of Passamaquoddy Bay by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, from the Atlantic Neptune, published in London in 1777, probably surveyed around 1771.

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Atlantic Neptune Chart of Cobscook and Passamaquoddy Bays by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, c. 1777

Description

One of a series of charts surveyed and drawn by Joseph F.W. Des Barres for the British Admiralty as part of the General Survey of North America undertaken between 1764 and 1779. Des Barres was responsible for surveying the coastline of Nova Scotia, for which this chart was probably drawn in 1771.

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Maker or Creator

Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824

Web Links and URLs

Chart of Passamaquoddy Bay and Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston.