[MANUSCRIPT MAP-MAINE] After DES BARRES, JOSEPH FREDERICK WALLET. Hand-drawn map of a portion of the Maine coast off Falmouth, copied from Des Barres.
Likely early 19th century. Manuscript map in black ink on paper watermarked R. Park & Co, the verso with manuscript docketing reading Chart of Coast from Small Point to Portland by J.F.W. Des Barres, April 29 1776. 9 7/8 x 16 inches (25 x 41 cm). Old folds with splits to ends and a two small punctures at the points, spotting.

An interesting manuscript map showing the islands on the Maine coast from Bangs up to Harpswell Island, roughly the area from Portland Sound to Mericong Sound, naming at least 20 islands of varying sizes. This was likely copied from Des Barres 1776 untitled chart named Coast of Maine from Mosquito Head to Spurwink River by the Library of Congress and Leventhal Center (the example on raremaps.com is titled Cape Elizabeth to Moose Point, Maine). Research provided to Mr. Kislak reports the R. Park & Co watermarks to be circa 1820 and suggests the map may be by Seward Porter (1784-1838), a prominent Maine mariner and entrepreneur who brought the first steamboat to Maine in 1823. The present map shows the area recorded in sheet 9 (of 10) in Porter's 1837 Chart of the coast of Maine and it is known that Porter possessed and copied the charts of Des Barres.

C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation

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