Atlantic Neptune
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The Atlantic Neptune is a monumental four volume atlas which was the most important collection of maps, charts and views of North America published in the eighteenth century.Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres.
Des Barres made many maps of the
British Admiralty, Des Barres compiled and edited his and many others' charts and maps of eastern North America. The completed work Atlantic Neptune was published in 1777, having cost the Admiralty an estimated £100,000.[3]
See also
References
- ^ The Atlantic Neptune Lloyd A. Brown The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 67, No. 4 (Oct., 1943), pp. 377-381 Published by: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- ^ Jerry Lockett. Captain James Cook in Atlantic Canada. The adventurer & Map Maker's Formative Years. Formac Publishing Company Limited, Halifax, NS. 2011.p. 112. p. 115.
- ^ Jerry Lockett. Captain James Cook in Atlantic Canada. The adventurer & Map Maker's Formative Years. Formac Publishing Company Limited, Halifax, NS. 2011.p. 112. p. 187.
Further reading
- Stephen J. Hornsby, Surveyors of Empire: Samuel Holland, J.F.W. Des Barres, and the Making of The Atlantic Neptune. McGill-Queen's University Press. 2011.
- Robert J, Morgan, "DesBarres the Founder" The Nova Scotia Historical Quarterly, Volume 5, Number 2, 1985
- Stephen B. MacPhee, "Des Barres and His Contemporary Mapmakers" The Nova Scotia Historical Quarterly, Volume 5, Number 2, 1985
- Douglas B. Foster, "Des Barres the Town Planner" The Nova Scotia Historical Quarterly, Volume 5, Number 2, 1985
External links
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- Leventhal Map Center (2013), "Charting an Empire: The Atlantic Neptune", Exhibitions, USA: Boston Public Library, archived from the original on 2014-07-23
