[Map showing Saint John's Harbour and a proposed fort]

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[Map showing Saint John's Harbour and a proposed fort]
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Item Information

Title:
[Map showing Saint John's Harbour and a proposed fort]
Former owner:
Skinner, William, 1700-1780
Former owner:
Skinner, Monier
Date:
[1745–1773]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
British Library
Collection (local):
British Library Collection
Subjects:
Military art and science--Newfoundland and Labrador--St. John's--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Fortification--Newfoundland and Labrador--St. John's--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Harbors--Newfoundland and Labrador--St. John's--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
St. John's (N.L.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places:
Canada > Saint John's
Extent:
1 map on 3 sheets : joined, manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 56 x 93 cm
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Publisher:
[Saint John] : [producer not identified]
Scale:
Scale approximately 1:4,800
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-002027386
Notes:
Date range suggested on stylistic grounds and from (second) period of British occupation of Fort William beginning in 1745 to construction of Fort Townshend beginning in 1773.
Relief shown by hachuring.
Sounding depths are given.
Shows "Scale 400 Feet to an Inch" at lower right.
Shows Fort William (unnamed).
Shows a proposed, pentagonal fort west of Fort William (in the approximate location of Fort Townshend that was built in 1775).
A "Fort George" also existed east of Fort William (see - http://www.northamericanforts.com/Canada/nf.html#stjohns), but had been destroyed by time of this map's production.
Shows dotted lines in red ink and lettered points along the line (no key given) identifying strategic locations and routes?
Copy at Add Ms 33,231.II.1. 3 sheets joined comprising a roll. Laid on linen. Manuscript annotation at lower right in black ink, "Handed over to Lieut. Monier Skinner R. Eng.r by his father in 1872" and initialled (by William Skinner?). Red stamp of British Museum at lower right. Pressmark stamped to verso and repeated in pencil.
Notes (date):
9999
This date is inferred.