The Atlantic Neptune 1800

Old map of Atlantic Coast, North America.

Created by Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet) Des Barres in 1800.

• Charts dated 1775 to 1781.
• Undated ed. in 3 volumes, called part I, part II, and part III in their respective tables of contents.
• The general t.p., without volume numbering or imprint, and the prelim. leaves are repeated in each volume.
• The contents leaf for pt. 2. calls for a chart of Prince Edward's Island instead of St. John's Island as on the relevant chart in the volume. St. John's Island (Isle of St. John) was renamed Prince Edward Island in 1798, after Edward, Duke of Kent.
• Pt. 1 contains a text printed on a full size sheet headed "To the King's Most Excellent Majesty." It is signed J. F. W. Des Barres and relates to his appointment in 1784 to the governorship of Cape Breton. It is not recorded in the Catalogue of the Henry Newton Stevens collection of the Atlantic Neptune. Pt. 1 contains also the "Preface."
• Includes 14 separate plates of views.
• Cf. H. N. Stevens. Catalogue of the Henry Newton Stevens collection of the Atlantic Neptune.

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