Spry Harbour/ Post Pallisser/ Post North/ Post Parker/ Beaver Harbour/ Fleming River

Title

Spry Harbour/ Post Pallisser/ Post North/ Post Parker/ Beaver Harbour/ Fleming River

Map shows the east coasts of Canada with Beaver Harbour, Fleming River, Mushaboom Harbour, Nova Scotia, Port North, Port Pallisser , Port Parker , Quoddy Inlet,Sheet Harbour,Spry Harbour.Lower part of the map a view of Cape Spry with offshore ships.

dated 1779

Artist

Des Barres (1721-1824)

Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres was one of the most important and talented cartographers of his time. He personally surveyed hundreds of miles of the North American coastline, including the remote Isle of Sable, a crucial but dangerous shipping route. His maps and views were published in The Atlantic Neptune, a comprehensive collection of nautical charts and coastal views released between 1774 and 1784 on behalf of the Admiralty. Although Des Barres received support from Holland and his assistants, his own contribution was significant, especially due to the artistic quality of his work, which combined accuracy with aesthetic appeal. Despite some inaccuracies caused by the rush to publish amid unrest in the Thirteen Colonies, his charts remained standard navigation references well into the 19th century. During his time in Nova Scotia, Des Barres recognized the settlement potential of the Maritime colonies and acquired extensive landholdings, becoming one of the largest landowners in the region.

Historical Description

Various indigenous peoples have inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years before European colonization. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. In 1583, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, by the royal prerogative of Queen Elizabeth I, founded St. John's, Newfoundland, as the first North American English colony. French explorer Samuel de Champlain arrived in 1603 and established the first permanent European settlements at Port Royal (in 1605) and Quebec City (in 1608). Among the colonists of New France, Canadiensextensively settled the Saint Lawrence River valley and Acadians settled the present-day Maritimes, while fur traders and Catholic missionaries explored the Great Lakes, Hudson Bay, and the Mississippi watershed to Louisiana. The Beaver Wars broke out in the mid-17th century over control of the North American fur trade. The Royal Proclamation of 1763 established First Nation treaty rights, created the Province of Quebec out of New France, and annexed Cape Breton Island to Nova Scotia. After the successful American War of Independence, The 1783 Treaty of Paris recognized the independence of the newly formed United States and set the terms of peace, ceding British North American territories south of the Great Lakes to the new country. the Constitutional Act of 1791 divided the province of Canada into French-speaking Lower Canada (later Quebec) and English-speaking Upper Canada (later Ontario), granting each its own elected legislative assembly.