Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres (22 November 1721 – 27 October 1824)[1] was a Canadian cartographer who served in the Seven Years' War, as the aide-de-camp to General James Wolfe.[2]
DesBarres is perhaps best known as the creator the monumental four-volume Atlantic Neptune, the most important collection of maps, charts and views of North America published in the eighteenth century.[3] He later went on to serve as the Lieutenant-Governor of Cape Breton Colony and later as Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island.
Colonel DesBarres is buried with his wife under St. George's (Round) Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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- ^ Morgan, R. J. (1987). "DesBarres, Joseph Frederick Wallet". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. VI (1821–1835) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ^ The Atlantic Neptune Lloyd A. Brown The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 67, No. 4 (Oct. 1943), pp. 377–381 Published by: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania