View of Louisbourg, 1778

Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres was lieutenant governor of Cape Breton Island and governor of Prince Edward Island but achieved fame for his hydrographic surveys and their publication in The Atlantic Neptune.

Navigational aids, such as this view, were useful companions to charts.

Catalogue entry:
Des Barres, Joseph F.W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824.
A view taken from the entrance of Louisbourg Harbour. — Scale indeterminable. — [London] : Publish’d .... by J. F. W. DesBarres ..., Jany. 29, 1778. — 1 view : hand col. ; 38 x 58 cm, on sheet 62 x 82 cm. —

Ref. No.: NMC 028432