Collection: Smith Collection

Name: Chart of Falmouth Harbor

Barcode: 1988

Image Number: 1988.0001

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

From Atlas: No

Publishing Location: London

Brief Description: Map of Casco Bay, Maine. The chart includes Portland Harbor and nearby islands and shows the locations of settlements, including buildings. The chart includes soundings for the harbor and detailed rendering of the local topography. Dozens of unnamed surveyors worked on gathering the information that this map consists of.

Physical Description: 1 map: illustrated

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

Surveyor: Holland, Samuel, 1728-1801

Date/Date Range Published: 1776

Language: English

Region Depicted: Casco Bay, MaineMaine coastPortland Harbor, MaineSouth Portland, Maine

Map Type: GeographicalNautical charts

Dimensions: Chart: 74.5 x 53.5 cm on sheet: 79.5 x 59 cm

Printing Process: Engraving

Printing Technique: Copper

Material Type: Paper

Historical Context: Chart of Casco Bay, originally published in London at the beginning of the Revolution, provides the first detailed view of the Portland peninsula, then called Falmouth Neck.

LC Call Number: G3732.P6 D4 1776

OCLC: 229892607

See Also: A Chart of Delawar Bay.Chart of Coast from Pemaquid Point to Owl's Head BayChart of Falmouth HarborChart of Grand Manan IslandChart of Passamaquody BayChart of Penobscot Bay (Upper Part)Chart of the Coast from Cape Elizabeth to Musketo Island Chart of the Coast Goldsborough to Moose Harbor [Sheet 2 of 3]Chart of the Coast Goldsborough to Moose Harbor [Sheet 3 of 3]Chart of the Coast Goldsborough to Moose Harbor. [Sheet 1 of 3]Charts of the Coast and Harbors of New England [...] [Title page]Coast from Newbury to Cape ElizabethFalmouth Harbor Portland Sound [facsimile]The Coast of New England.United States East Coast Maine Frenchman's Bay and eastern part of Mt. Desert Island[Boston Harbor Chart Des Barres] [facsimile][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 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]

Donor: Smith

Subjects: American Revolution, 1775-1783Colonial AmericaMaine--Maps

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/1988.0001