Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1729-1824
Title:
Nautical remarks and observations on the coasts and harbours of Nova Scotia : surveyed pursuant to orders from the Right Honble. the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, for the use of the Royal Navy of Great-Britain / by J.F.W. Des Barres.
Published / Created:
[London?] : [publisher not identified], MDCCLXXVIII [1778]
Physical Description:
iv, 27, [1] pages : tables ; 23 x 34 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio C 2024 6
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
English short title catalogue, N64131

Last page blank.

BAC: British Art Center copy housed with an extended copy of The Atlantic Neptune (in pocket of vol. 1, part 1).

The sailing directions complement the charts of Nova Scotia produced by Des Barres in The Atlantic Neptune.
Subject Terms:
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1729–1824. Atlantic Neptune. | Pilot guides -- Nova Scotia. | Coasts -- Nova Scotia. | Harbors -- Nova Scotia. | Nova Scotia -- Description and travel.