Collection: Osher Collection

Name: Coast from Newbury to Cape Elizabeth

Barcode: 809

Image Number: 809.0001

Creator: Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1729-1824

From Atlas: No

Publishing Location: London

Notes: Note lower right: "Publish'd according to Act, April 29 1776 by J.F.W. Des Barres Esqr." No title on map itself; title copied from item 102 on pages 9 and 19 in Notes Biographical and Bibliographical on The Atlantic Neptune, barcode 11329: https://oshermaps.org/map/13329.0001

Brief Description: Chart showing the New England coast from Cape Elizabeth, Maine, to Newburyport, Massachusetts. The chart shows the locations of buildings and includes soundings for the mouth of the Piscataqua River. The chart also shows settlements and topography along the upper Piscataqua and Salmon Falls Rivers. Dozens of unnamed surveyors worked on gathering the information that this map consists of.

Physical Description: 1 chart

Publisher: Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1729-1824

Surveyor: Holland, Samuel, 1728-1801

Date/Date Range Published: Apr 29th, 1776

Language: English

Region Depicted: Atlantic Coast (North America)Maine coastMassachusettsNew Hampshire

Map Type: GeographicalNautical charts

Dimensions: Chart: 74.5 x 106 cm on sheet: 85 x 120 cm

Printing Process: Engraving

Printing Technique: Copper

Material Type: Paper

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Donor: Osher

Subjects: American Revolution, 1775-1783Maine--MapsMaps--Early works to 1800

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/809.0001