Ships,Nova Scotia,Saint Mary Bay,White Islands,Milford Haven,Beaver Harbor,1781

Title: [Views, some from offshore, of ships approaching various islands around and including Nova Scotia]
Creator(s): Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824, engraver
Date Created/Published: [London] : Published according to Act of Parliament by J.F.W. DesBarres Esq., 1781 May the 1st.
Summary: Prints show distant views of White Islands and Saint Mary Bay, Milford Haven on Chedabucto Bay, Port Bickerton, N.S., Beaver Harbor Bald Isle, Canso Cranberry Isle, Beaver Islands, and Nova Scotia.
Notes:
Title devised by Library staff.
Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, .... London : 1777-1781.
This record contains unverified, old data from Cresswell, 1975.
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 397-404.
Subjects:
Islands--1780-1790.
Capes (Coasts)--Nova Scotia--1780-1790.
Bays (Bodies of water)--Nova Scotia--1780-1790.
Saint Mary Bay (N.S.)--1780-1790.
Chedabucto Bay (N.S.)--1780-1790.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Intaglio prints--1780-1790.
Marine prints--1780-1790.
Contents:
Appearance of the land from the White Islands to St. Marys River taken two leagues off shore
The entrance of Milford Haven at the head of Chedabucto Bay
The entrance of Port Bickerton bearing N.W.
A view taken off the entrance of Beaver Harbor Bald Isle bearing E. 150 N.
A view taken in the offing of Beaver Harbor Bald Isle bearing W. by S. 3/4 S. distant 3/4 of a mile
Appearance of the shore to the westward of Canso Cranberry Isle bearing N. by E. 1/2 E. distant 4 miles
The Beaver Islands C. Bald Isle N. 1/2 E.
Appearance of the S
E
point of Nova Scotia taken from Canso Island shewing the distant land of Richmond Isles the Gut of Canso &c.
Bookmark /2004671469/
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