View of New York (from the Atlantic Neptune)

A view of Manhattan before 1773. The southern tip of the island, seen from the water, is based on a drawing made by Des Barres sometime between his arrival in New York in 1763, when he was appointed engineer in charge of the preparation for the Atlantic Neptune, and 1773 when the Governor's House (Mansion House) seen in the Fort was destroyed. The height of the bluff on which Trinity Church stands has been exaggerated since Broadway at that point actually stands 35 feet above high water. Other buildings that can be indentified include the Free English School across Rector Street, the Lutheran Church on Broadway, the Middle Dutch Church, the tower and cupola of the French Church of St. Esprit in King Street, the cupola and flag of City Hall and the spire of the South Dutch Church. The Atlantic Neptune was a maritime atlas published between 1777 and 1781 by Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres.