Nautical chart, reprint of 1776 Atlantic Neptune. 23 x 36

Name/Title

Nautical chart, reprint of 1776 Atlantic Neptune. 23" x 36"

Entry/Object ID

WHC 2024.6.2

Scope and Content

Nautical charts of Portland Sound to Cape Small [in two charts] from the Atlantic Neptune Sea Charts. Republished by Barre Publishers, 1967 as Sheet 1, S 105-4 and Sheet 2, S 105-4. Color print reproduction of the original, which was "Published according to Act of Parliament July 1776, by I.F.W. Des Barres, Esqr." (Scale bars of statute miles and of nautical miles in lower rh corner of Sheet 2. Latitude and longitude indicated in tinted margin.) Slight (1 inch) tear in bottom margin of Sheet 2. On loan from Sandy Delano, 2019.

Collection

75 Atlantic NeptuneWalsh History Center Map Collection

Acquisition

Accession

WHC 2024.6

Source or Donor

Sandy Delano

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Map

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Cartograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

1776, Atlantic Neptune, Des Barres, Portland, Cape Small, Falmouth, Peaks Island, Cousins Island, New Meadows Harbor, Merrymeeting Bay

Location

Location

Building

Map Cabinet, Folder P

Category

Permanent

Date

October 21, 2025

Created By

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Create Date

February 14, 2024

Updated By

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Update Date

October 27, 2025