[8 Navigational Profiles near Nova Scotia}: Appearance of the Land from the White Islands to St. Marys River taken two Leagues off Shore; The Entrance of Milford Haven at the Head of Chedabucto Bay; The Entrance of Port Bickerton bearing N. W.; A View taken off the Entrance of Beaver Harbor Bald Isle bearing E, 150 N; A View taken in the Offing of Beaver Harbour Bald Isle bearing W. by S. 3/4 S. distant 3/4 of a Mile; Appearance of the Shore to the Westward of Canso Cranberry Isle bearing N. by E. 1/2 E. distant 4 Miles; C. Bald Isle bearing N. 1/2 E. The Beaver Isles; Appearance of the S. E. Point of Nove Scotia taken from Canso Island Shewing the distant Land of Richmond Isles the Gut of Canso &c

London: J.F.W. Des Barres, 1781. Hand-colored line engraving and aquatint. Two plates printed on two...

1781 · London

by DES BARRES, J. F. W. (1721-1824)
London: J.F.W. Des Barres, 1781. Hand-colored line engraving and aquatint. Two plates printed on two sheets, joined with 8 views arranged in 5 rows. Sheet size: 32 x 43 3/4 inches. 8 navigational profile views from the greatest of all 18th century sea atlases.

These eight views of sites in and around Nova Scotia were designed to give navigators additional information to the soundings on the charts of these same places. Several of the placenames have changed, but Beaver Island, Port Bickerton, Chedabucto Bay and Canso remain. This is the 5th of 5 states with many ships and aquatinted features to the landscapes added to the original plates. Des (truncated)
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