Project for Fortifying the Admiralls Point going into Trinity Harbour Newfoundland Octob.r 1745

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Project for Fortifying the Admiralls Point going into Trinity Harbour Newfoundland Octob.r 1745
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Title:
Project for Fortifying the Admiralls Point going into Trinity Harbour Newfoundland Octob.r 1745
Associated name:
Skinner, Thomas, 1759-1818
Former owner:
Skinner, William, 1700-1780
Former owner:
Skinner, Monier
Date:
1745
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
British Library
Collection (local):
British Library Collection
Subjects:
Military art and science--Newfoundland and Labrador--Trinity--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Fortification--Newfoundland and Labrador--Trinity--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Trinity (N.L.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places:
Canada > Trinity
Extent:
1 map : manuscript pen and ink ; 36 x 53 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:
[Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified]
Scale:
Scale approximately 1:200
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-002027386
Notes:
Relief shown by shading and by hachuring.
Shows title at upper centre.
Shows scale bar at centre (100 feet to an inch).
Shows lettered key (A-H) at centre right.
Inset with two profile views of the fortification (scale approximately 1:120).
Annotated with "39" at lower left and "BO 15 FO 34" at lower left.
Copy at Add Ms 33,231.II.10. A roll. Manuscript annotation at centre in black ink, "Handed over to Lieut. Monier Skinner R. Eng.r by his father in 1872" and initialled (by Monier Skinner?). Red stamp of British Museum at lower right. Shows "T Skinner" (Thomas) in pencil at lower right. Pressmark stamped to verso and repeated in pencil.
Notes (date):
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