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[Views of the entrance to New York Harbor]

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Creator	Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1722-1824
Date	[1777]
Publisher	Publish'd ... by J.F.W. Des Barres, Esqr
Scale	Not drawn to scale
Language	English
Location	George Washington's Mount Vernon
Collection (local)	Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
Subjects	New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800
Places	New York North and Central America United States
Extent	5 views on 1 sheet : col. ; 14 x 48 cm. or smaller, sheet 81 x 59 cm.
Terms and License	No known copyright restrictions. This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
Notes	Five perspective views of the approaches to New York Harbor taken by J.F.W. Des Barres for the use of Royal Navy of Great Britain. Collective title supplied by cataloger. Appears to be an early state, with a limited amount of vessels appearing only in the last three views. From vol. 5 of Des Barres's Atlantic Neptune.