Map Image 1 of The Atlantic Neptune,

Title

• The Atlantic Neptune,

Names

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

Created / Published

• [London, ca. 1800]

Headings

• -  Nautical charts--Atlantic coast (North America)--Early works to 1800
• -  North America--Pictorial works
• -  North America--Atlantic coast
• -  North America

Notes

• -  L.C. copy no. 9, with 103 items.
• -  Charts dated 1775 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.
• -  Pt. 1 contains a text printed on a full size sheet headed "To the King's Most Excellent Majesty." It is signed J. F. W. Des Barres and relates to his appointment in 1784 to the governorship of Cape Breton. It is not recorded in the Catalogue of the Henry Newton Stevens collection of the Atlantic Neptune. Pt. 1 contains also the "Preface."
• -  L.C. copy imperfect: Title pages and prelim. leaves, except the leaf of "References," wanting in pts. 1 and 2.
• -  Includes 14 separate plates of views.
• -  Cf. H. N. Stevens. Catalogue of the Henry Newton Stevens collection of the Atlantic Neptune.

Medium

• 3 v. illus., charts, plates. 83-85 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

• G1106.P5 D429

Repository

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

Digital Id

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3301pm.gan00009

Library of Congress Control Number

• 75332511

Online Format

• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/75332511

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