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[Port Shediak and Cocagne, New Brunswick] [cartographic material]

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Item

Date:

1784 (19 June 1776).

Reference:

R11981-677-X-E, Box number: 2001196145

Item no. (creator):

Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection #658c

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4386194

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Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection

Views and miscellaneous sheets from broken atlases

[Port Shediak and Cocagne, New Brunswick]
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Date(s):

1784 (19 June 1776).

Place:

London (England):

Place of creation:

England

Publisher:

Published according to Act of Parliament by J. F. W. Des Barres, Esqr.,

Extent:

1 map : b&w ; 70 x 49 cm on sheet 77 x 58 cm.

Scope and content:

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Plate depicting Port Shediak, Cocagne (New Brunswick) from the 1784 edition of the Atlantic Neptune atlas.

Provenance:

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Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824

Biography/Administrative history:

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Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824 : Swiss surveyor and Lieutenant Governor.

Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres (originally Joseph-Frédéric Vallet DesBarres) (1721-1824) was born in November 1721, either in Basel, Switzerland, or in Paris. He was a topographical artists, military engineer, surveyor and map-maker. He was the eldest child of Joseph-Léonard Vallet Des Barres, a Huguenot from the Montbéliard region of France, and Anne-Catherine Cuvier. He was educated in Basel and then at the Royal Military College, Woolwich, England.

He entered the British army and served in america during Seven Years' War, taking part in actions at Ticonderoga, Louisbourg and Quebec campaigns, DesBarres undertook surveys of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, 1763-1773, and between 1774 and 1784 published his fine collection of charts as the Atlantic Neptune published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, in 4 volumes.

He was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Cape Breton in 1784 and removed from office in 1787. Later, he served as Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island, 1804-1812. He died at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 27 October 1824, just one month short of 103.

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General note:

Bathymetry indicated by soundings; relief shown by hachures and some shading.
Prime meridian: Greenwich.
Lacks title, descriptive text and title block. Title from later states.
From:The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the royal navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F. W. Des Barres, under the direction of the right hon'ble, the Lords Commisioners of the admirality. London 1774-1781.

Custodial history:

Part of the Alexander E. MacDonald Canadiana Collection purchased by the Public Archives of Canada in 1981.

Citation/reference note:

Layng, Theodore E. "Desbarres Collection, Map Division, Public Archives of Canada", p. 57, #77, Stevens, Henry Newton "Collection of the Atlantic Neptune", v. 1 # 72b, v.2, p. 159, Philips, Entry 1202, v.2, no 15

Cartographic math data:

Scale [ca. 1:29 000] (W 64°23'--W 64°12'/N 46°24'--N 46°14')

Availability of other formats note:

The microfiche version is NMC28162 (Copy 1).

Date of issue:

There are two dates ascribed to this plate. The first date listed refers to the date the edition of this atlas was published, while the second date listed in parenthesis is the date the map was surveyed.

Related material:

For another description see: G1107.C6P5 D47 1784 vol. 2, part. 6, plate #77 1776 (AMICUS No. 32664213). We have four copies of this plate., This map was originally part of the atlas "Atlantic Neptune". We also have the complete 1784 edition of the Atlantic Neptune described at the series level in Mikan no. 4801616. Three other copies (c. 2-4) of this plate are available and circulate from this series description.

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2001196145 : Other copies and states of this map are stored in this container
Subject heading:

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New Brunswick - Cocagne Harbour - Nautical charts - Early works, 1751-1800

New Brunswick - Shediac Harbour - Nautical charts - Early works, 1751-1800

New Brunswick - Coastal waters - Nautical charts - Early works, 1751-1800
Source:

Private

Other accession no.:

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80101/245 CA

Library of Congress class no.:

G1107.C6P5 D47 1784 v. 2 pt. 6 #77 1776 - copy 3 - H2
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Cartographic material

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Original can be viewed in the presence of an early cartographic archivist. Microfiche version is open.

Microfiche [G/1107/.C6P5D47/1784/V.2 PT.6/#77/1776 77] NMC28162

[Consultation 90 Open]

Box [G/1107/.C6P5D47/1784/V.2 PT.6/#77/1776 77] 2001196145

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