Map Image 10 of The Atlantic Neptune,

About this Item

About this Item

Title

  • The Atlantic Neptune,

Names

  • Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1729-1824

Created / Published

  • [London, ca. 1800]

Contents

  • pt. 1. The coasts and harbours of the British Colonies in North America ....--pt. 2. The coasts and harbours in and around the Gulph and River of St. Lawrence.--pt. 3. The coasts and principal harbours of the American States ....

Headings

  • -  Nautical charts--Atlantic coast (North America)--To 1800
  • -  North America--Atlantic coast
  • -  North America

Notes

  • -  L.C. copy no. 2, with 119 items.
  • -  Charts dated 1774 to 1781.
  • -  Undated ed. in 3 volumes, called part I, part II, and part III in their respective tables of contents.
  • -  The general t.p., without volume numbering or imprint, and the prelim. leaves are repeated in each volume.
  • -  The contents leaf for pt. 2 calls for a chart of Prince Edward's Island instead of St. John's Island as on the relevant chart in the volume. St. John's Island (Isle of St. John) was renamed Prince Edward Island in 1798, after Edward, Duke of Kent.
  • -  The contents for pt. 3 lists 23 charts; this listing is replaced by a manuscript list of 40 charts, tipped in over the printed list.
  • -  Cf. H. N. Stevens. Catalogue of the Henry Newton Stevens collection of the Atlantic Neptune.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • 3 v. illus., charts. 82 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G1106.P5 D422

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 75332507

Online Format

  • image

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Des Barres, Joseph F. W. The Atlantic Neptune. [London, 1800] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/75332507/.

APA citation style:

Des Barres, J. F. W. (1800) The Atlantic Neptune. [London] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/75332507/.

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Des Barres, Joseph F. W. The Atlantic Neptune. [London, 1800] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/75332507/>.