Cost of New England J. F. W. Des Barres, 1776., Massachusetts – Historic Map Reproduction
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Step back in time with Cost of New England J. F. W. Des Barres, 1776., Massachusetts, an antique map rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Cost of New England J. F. W. Des Barres, 1776., Massachusetts
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In 1776 Cape Cod and the Massachusetts shore were in the middle of the Revolutionary War, and the sea shaped nearly every local livelihood. Fishermen, coasting schooners, and salt makers worked the harbors, and salt boiled from seawater became valuable once wartime trade was disrupted. In March 1776 the British army had just evacuated Boston by sea, and Royal Navy surveyors, including Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres, were charting this coast and its harbors for naval use. Towns such as Barnstable, Falmouth, and Provincetown were small communities of farmers, mariners, and craftsmen, and their people had to watch British warships patrol the waters they depended on.
| Notes | Bird's-eye view map. |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Panoramic maps--Massachusetts |
| Original scan | 9,011 × 12,718 px · prints to 30 × 42 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | MA Cost of New England J. F. W. Des Barres, 1776. |
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