Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres
Politician
1721 – 1824
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Who was Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres?
Colonel Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres was a cartographer who served in the Seven Years' War, in part, as the aide-de-camp to General James Wolfe. He also created the monumental four volume Atlantic Neptune, which was the most important collection of maps, charts and views of North America published in the eighteenth century. Finally, he was the Governor of Cape Breton Island and Prince Edward Island. Colonel DesBarres is buried in the crypt of St. George's (Round) Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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