2579 DesBarres, J.F.W.: The Gut of Canso. 1781

English
Canada
DesBarres, J.F.W.
1781
copperplate engraving
65 x 144 cm
ORIGINAL

The Gut of Canso, also know as The Strait of Canso from The Atlantic Neptune. Joseph Fredrick Wallet Des Barres (1729-1827) was a cartographer, hydrographer and military engineer from Switzerland. He became the colonial administrator in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His most famous publication was 'The Atlantic Neptune' a four volume atlas which was published between 1775-1781. He served in a British regiment during the Seven Years War (1756-63) and after the conflict carried out a number of martine surveys for the British government. Des Barres’s systematic surveying was first of the region and would become of immense importance to the British in the American War of Independence (1775 -1783). Under some pressure to produce maps quickly, some errors would appear in his artistic charts.

Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmaker, Early World Press, 2004, p360

Deutsch
Kanada
DesBarres, J.F.W.
1781
Kupferstich
65 x 144 cm
ORIGINALKARTE

Map from two plates.On top 2 text cartouches. Showing the environs of Port Stephens. Plate 32 of "The Atlantic Neptune" plus text page.