Title Surveyors of empire : Samuel Holland, J.W.F. Des Barres, and the making of the Atlantic Neptune / Stephen J. Hornsby ; with cartography by Hope Stege

Published Montréal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2011] Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2012 ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 269 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps, color portraits, digital file Series Carleton library series ; 220 Carleton library series ; 220 Contents Surveyors at War -- Surveys -- Surveying -- Plans and Descriptions -- Surveyors as Proprietors -- The Atlantic Neptune -- Epilogue: Beyond the surveys -- Appendixes Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824. Atlantic Neptune Holland, Samuel, 1728-1801. Cartographers -- Great Britain. Nautical charts -- Atlantic Coast (North America) Atlantic Coast (North America) -- Maps. Genre/Form Maps. Form Electronic book Author Stege, Hope. ISBN 0773587349 (electronic bk.) 9780773587342 (electronic bk.)

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