Ships offshore Sable Island,Nova Scotia,June 1,1779,Des Barres,Revolution

Title: [Views from offshore of Sable Island, Nova Scotia, with ships passing near shore]
Creator(s): Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824, engraver
Date Created/Published: [London] : Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by J.F.W. DesBarres Esqr., 1779 June 1.
Summary: Prints show distant views of Sable Island, 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. 425-429.
Subjects:
Islands--Nova Scotia--1770-1780.
Sable Island (N.S.)--1770-1780.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Intaglio prints--1770-1780.
Marine prints--1770-1780.
Contents:
A view of the east end of the Isle Sable, bearing S
2W°
distant 4 miles, naked sand hills appearing over the land, Rams Head S
57W°
distant 17 miles
The eastern end of the Isle Sable, taken from the southward
A view taken from the south side of the N
E
barr, in 13 fathoms of water; the body of the Isle Sable bearing W
distant 5 1/3 miles
A view taken from the ridge of the N
E
barr, the Isle Sable bearing W
12S°
distant 16 1/2 miles
A view of the north shore of the Isle Sable; Rams Head appearing over the land, and bearing W
S
W
2 1/2 miles distant.
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