Halifax Harbour ... Catch Harbour ... small vessels only

Halifax Harbour ... Catch Harbour ... small vessels only

Item Information

Title:
Halifax Harbour ... Catch Harbour ... small vessels only
Description:
The colorful and beautifully executed panoramic view at the bottom of this chart depicts the coastal region near Halifax. Designed to provide navigators with an accurate view of the shoreline and Harbour, this coastal profile extends from the Sambro Island Lighthouse, past Chebucto Head, north to the inner Harbour of Halifax. Included is a distant view of the citadel in Halifax, a fortress originally built by the British in 1749 to protect the town from the French settlers in Louisbourg.
Creator:
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824
Name on Item:
survey'd, & published according to Act of Parliament by J.F.W. Des Barres Esqr.
Date:
1781
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
Subjects:
Nautical charts--Nova Scotia--Bedford Bay--Early works to 1800
Nautical charts--Nova Scotia--Halifax Harbour--Early works to 1800
Nautical charts--Nova Scotia--Early works to 1800
Coasts--Nova Scotia--Maps--Early works to 1800
Halifax Harbour (N.S.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Bedford Bay (N.S.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Nova Scotia--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Canada > Nova Scotia (province) > Halifax Harbour (harbor)
Bedford Bay
Extent:
1 chart : hand col. ; 62 x 128 cm, on sheet 79 x 151 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/9g54xm206
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
[London] : survey'd, & published according to Act of Parliament by J.F.W. Des Barres Esqr
Edition:
7th state.
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:30,000]
Language:
English
Notes:
Chart of the area from Cole Harbor to Sambro Harbor, and inland to the head of Bedford Basin.
Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by soundings.
Oriented with north toward the lower right.
In upper margin: "PL. 20."
Insets: Light house S.E. one mile distant ; [Panorama of the entrance to Halifax Harbor].
Appears in the author's Atlantic Neptune. London : J.F.W. Des Barres, 1777-[1781].
Notes (exhibitions):
Exhibited: "Charting an Empire: The Atlantic Neptune" organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, 2013.
Identifier:
06_01_008279
Call #:
G1106.P5 D47 1777
Barcode:
30000003797525