[Views in the vicinity of Halifax]

Single sheet. Engraved. Additional Places: Nova Scotia. Contents Note: View of Cape Egmont and Winter Rock from the eastward, Entrance of Egmont Harbor, The entrance of Keppel Harbor, 10 leagues to the eastward of Halifax, Falls of Hinchinbroke River, the north east branch of Sandwich Bay, The entrance into Chisetcook Inlet 4 leagues eastward of Halifax, Dartmouth shore in the harbor of Halifax. Plate changes: Imprint April 1st 1781. Reworked for aquatint. Other features: the views have a variety of colouring treatments. Printed on Bates paper.

Object Details

ID: HNS51D
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet; Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet
Places: Nova Scotia
Date made: 1777; 1781
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Plate impression 79.5 x 54.5cm.
Parts: [Views in the vicinity of Halifax] (Chart)