Beschreibung
Frederick Bay - Hamshg Harbour - Pictou Harbour - Port Luttrell
Joseph Fredrick Wallet Des Barres
Handkolorierter Kupferstich
Bildmaß: 73 x 205 cm (Höhe x Breite)
This map includes sailing directions for Frederick Bay and Pictou harbor. On particular interest is the place name of Desbarres River, indicating his desire to leave his mark. Joseph Fredrick Wallet Des Barres (1729-1827) was a cartographer, hydrographer and military engineer from Switzerland. He became the colonial administrator in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His most famous publication was 'The Atlantic Neptune' a four volume atlas which was published between 1775-1781. He served in a British regiment during the Seven Years War (1756-63) and after the conflict carried out a number of martine surveys for the British government. Des Barres’s systematic surveying was first of the region and would become of immense importance to the British in the American War of Independence (1775 -1783). Under some pressure to produce maps quickly, some errors would appear in his artistic charts.
Handcoloured copperplate engraving
Size: 73 x 205 cm (Height x Width)