The Atlantic Neptune
By: published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F. W. Des Barres, under the directions of the Right Honble. the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
Published: 1800
Place of publication: [London
Language: eng
Subjects: Nautical charts -- Atlantic coast (North America) -- To 1800.; North America -- Pictorial works.
Notes: L.C. copy no. 8, with 123 items.
Charts dated 1775 to 1781.
Undated ed. in 3 volumes, called part I, part II, and part III in their respective tables of contents.
The general t.p., without volume numbering or imprint, and the prelim. leaves are repeated in each volume.
The contents leaf for pt. 2 calls for a chart of Prince Edward's Island instead of St. John's Island as on the relevant chart in the volume. St. John's Island (Isle of St. John) was renamed Prince Edward Island in 1798, after Edward, Duke of Kent.
Includes 2 separate plates of views.
Cf. H. N. Stevens. Catalogue of the Henry Newton Stevens collection of the Atlantic Neptune.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The coasts and harbours of the British Colonies in North America ....; title: pt. 2. The coasts and harbours in and around the Gulph and River of St. Lawrence.; title: pt. 3. The coasts and harbours of the principal American States ....