The
Atlantic Neptune
published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet),
1729-1824
cartographic
atlas
enk
1780
1789
monographic
London
178-?]
eng
[5] 1., 67 charts, 8 col. plates. 76 cm.
by Joseph F. W. Des Barres, under the directions of the Right Honble. the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
L.C. copy no. 15, with 80 items.
The first chart in the volume, "The coast of Nova Scotia, New England, New York, New Jersey, the Gulph and River of St. Lawrence," with imprint date Nov. 1, 1780, has an engr. note referring to the fishing rights of the French and the Americans, presumably added after the Treaty of Paris, 1783.
Charts and views dated 1774 to 1781.
Prelim. leaves include the "Preface," printed on a full sheet. No table of contents is included.
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.
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Nautical charts
Atlantic coast (North America)
To 1800
North America
Pictorial works
North America
Atlantic coast
North America
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623.89/2
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