Egmont Harbor

1770 Citation Source image

Des Barres, a Swiss-born army engineer and colleague of Samuel Holland, was tasked with surveying the coasts of Nova Scotia in 1764. This chart of Egmont Harbor (modern-day Jeddore Harbour, northeast of Halifax), is a fine example of the three types of visuals found throughout...

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year	year 1770
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publisher	publisher J.F.W. Des Barres

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Jeddore Harbour

Subject

Nautical charts--Nova Scotia--Jeddore Harbour--Early works to 1800 Nautical charts--Nova Scotia--Early works to 1800 Coasts--Nova Scotia--Maps--Early works to 1800 Nova Scotia--Maps--Early works to 1800 Jeddore Harbour (N.S.)--Maps--Early works to 1800

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Maps map Cartographic

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American Revolutionary War-Era Maps

belongs_to

Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection

created_by

Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet)

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Egmont Harbor

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