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Item Information

Title:
[Torbay]
Creator:
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824
Date:
1775
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--Early works to 1800
Coasts--Nova Scotia--Maps--Early works to 1800
Nova Scotia--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Canada > Nova Scotia (province)
Extent:
1 chart ; 35 x 54 cm, on sheet 55 x 79 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
[London] : Published according to Act of Parliament by Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres
Edition:
1st state.
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:29,000]
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from published bibliography.
Chart of present-day Tor Bay, Nova Scotia.
Depths shown by soundings.
Oriented with north toward the upper right.
Inset: View of "Berry Head bearing north 21? east distant 6 miles & White Head Islands north 63? east distant 11 miles."
Appears in the author's Atlantic Neptune. London : J.F.W. Des Barres, 1777-[1781].
Identifier:
06_01_008284
Call #:
G1106.P5 D47 1777
Barcode:
30000003798007