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    Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres (22 November 1721 – 27 October 1824) was a Canadian cartographer who served in the Seven Years' War, as the aide-de-camp...
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    seemingly lacked. As a result, they relied on two maps by Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres from 1780, the best candidates for a map of New Brunswick...
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  • De Muth profile, ourcampaigns.com; accessed 14 March 2018 Joseph Frederick Wallet Desbarres profile, biographi.ca; accessed 14 March 2018 Grossman, Ron;...
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  • mathematician and geographer Agostino Codazzi (Italy, 1793–1858) Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres (1721–1824), created Atlantic Neptune Giambattista (Giovanni...
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    more wounded. Sydney was founded after the war by Colonel Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres, and named in honour of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney...
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    the cape. The cape was named Cap St. Louis by the French. Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres then, in 1781, named the geographical feature George and St...
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  • cousin through the Schuyler family, he came into conflict with Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres, lieutenant governor of Cape Breton over shortage of supplies...
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    early settler of the area named Edward Smith. Cartographer Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres renamed the island "Gloucester Isle" in 1778. Shortly thereafter...
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    Supreme Court of Nova Scotia Justice W.F. DesBarres. The justice was the grandson of Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres who was an army officer, military engineer...
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  • given to British military mapmaker Colonel Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres by the British Crown. DesBarres was awarded 20,000 acres (81 km2) of land...
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