Collection: Osher Collection

Name: [Cape Elizabeth to Newbury Harbor]

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." Title supplied by cataloger

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

See Also: A Chart of Delawar Bay, with Soundings and Nautical Observations taken by Capt. Sir Andrew Snape Hammond of the Navy and others Composed and Published for The Use of Pilotage by J.F.W. Des Barres Esqr. June 1st. 1779.Charts of the Coast and Harbors of New England [...] [Title page]Falmouth Harbor Portland Sound [facsimile]The Coast of New England.[Boston Harbor Chart Des Barres] [facsimile][Coast of Maine - Detail of Inner Penobscot Bay with Deer Island, Long Island and Winslow or Long Island, Dated Sept. 3, 1776.][Coast of Maine - Detail of Penobscot Bay with Isle Haut and Southern Fox Island, Dated Aug. 17, 1776.][Coast of Maine - Detail of Penobscot Bay with Isle Haut and Southern Fox Island, Dated Aug. 17, 1776.][Coast of Maine - Falmouth Harbor, Dated Jan. 1, 1781][Coast of Maine - From Frenchman's Bay to Musketo Island including Mount Desart and Deer Islands, and Penobscot Bay][Coast of Maine - From Roger's Bay to Portland Sound including Falmouth Harbor, Dated July, 1776][Coast of Maine - From Seal Harbor to Penmaquid Point, Dated June 24, 1776][Coast of Maine - From Seal Harbor to Penmaquid Point][Coast of Maine - From Seal Harbor to Penmaquid Point][Coast of Maine - From Spurwink River to Moose Point] [Or, from Musketo Island to Cape Elizabeth, including Kennebec River][Coast of Maine - from Spurwink River to Moose Point] [or, from Musketo Island to Cape Elizabeth, including Kennebec River] [facsimile][Coast of Maine - Moose Harbor to Watering Cove, including Mechiass Bay, Naragnagus Bay, and Gouldsborough, Dated April 24, 1776][Coast of Maine - Mount Desart Island, Frenchman's Bay, Long Island, Dated July 15, 1776][Coast of Maine - Two Views of Wolves Islands at Entrance of Passamaquoddy Bay][Coast of Maine from Cape Elizabeth to Merrymeeting Bay][Coast of Maine from Spurwink River to Moose Point][Coast of Maine][Coast of South Carolina and Georgia from Stono River to Inlet St. Mary][Falmouth Harbor][Gouldsborough to Moose Harbor, Maine][Gouldsborough to Moose Harbor, Maine][Gouldsborough to Moose Harbor, Maine][Grand Manan Island, undated][Passamaquoddy Bay, Undated]

Donor: Osher

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

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