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


Halifax Harbour ... Catch Harbour ... small vessels only
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Item Information

Title:
Halifax Harbour ... Catch Harbour ... small vessels only
Creator:
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824
Date:
[1776]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education 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:
CanadaNova Scotia (province)Halifax Harbour (harbor)
Bedford Bay
Extent:
1 chart ; 62 x 128 cm, on sheet 79 x 151 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
London : J.F.W. Des Barres
Edition:
2nd 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.
Depths shown by soundings.
Oriented with north toward the lower right.
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 (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
06_01_008280
Call #:
G1106.P5 D47 1777
Barcode:
30000003797519