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1777 DES BARRES, J.F.W. - A Chart of New York Island & North River: East River, Passage Through Hell's Gate, Flushing Bay, Hampstead Bay ...... (Fragment Only)
A Chart of New York Island & North River: East River, Passage Through Hell's Gate, Flushing Bay, Hampstead Bay ...... (Fragment Only)
| Maker: | DES BARRES, J.F.W. | |
| Date: | London, 1777 | |
| Colored: | Uncolored. | |
| Size: | 320 x 600 mm / 12.6 x 23.6 inches | |
| Condition: | Unfortunately, only a fragment of the full map which was about 46” x 30”. This piece is only 25” x 14”. The rest of the chart was damaged beyond repair. The right side is correct while the top was lowered and the left side and bottom were drawn in facsi | |
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Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres (1721 – 1824)) was a cartographer who served in the Seven Years' War, in part, as the aide-de-camp to General James Wolfe. He also created the monumental four-volume “ATLANTIC NEPTUNE”, which was the most important collection of maps, charts and views of North America published in the eighteenth century. Later, he became the Governor of Cape Breton Island and Prince Edward Island. For a period of time, Captain James Cook was his assistant.
THE ATLANTIC NEPTUNE is a monumental four volume atlas which was the most important collection of maps, charts and views of North America published in the eighteenth century. It was created by Colonel Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres. He made many maps of the atlas mapping the coast of North America from Newfoundland to New York. His survey of the coast of Nova Scotia took approximately ten years due its length and intricacy. Des Barres was exasperated with the work stating "There is scarcely any known shore so much intersected with Bays, Harbours, and Creeks as this is ... and the Offing of it is so full of Islands, Rocks, and Shoals as are almost innumerable.
In 1774 under direction for the British Admiralty, Des Barres compiled and edited his and many others' charts and maps of eastern North America. The completed work Atlantic Neptune was published in 1777, having cost the Admiralty an estimated £100,000.
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