Plan of Ferryland Harbour and Capeling Bay In Newfoundland

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Plan of Ferryland Harbour and Capeling Bay In Newfoundland
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Item Information

Title:
Plan of Ferryland Harbour and Capeling Bay In Newfoundland
Former owner:
Skinner, William, 1700-1780
Former owner:
Skinner, Monier
Date:
[1775?]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
British Library
Collection (local):
British Library Collection
Subjects:
Harbors--Newfoundland and Labrador--Ferryland--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Ferryland (N.L.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places:
Canada > Ferryland
Extent:
1 map : manuscript pen and ink ; 29 x 42 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 1:15,840
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-002027386
Notes:
Relief shown pictorially.
Sounding depths are given.
Shows title at upper centre.
Shows scale bar at lower centre, "A Scale of 80 chains on one English Mile".
Copy at Add Ms 33,231.II.14. A roll - laid on linen. Manuscript annotation at upper 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. Pressmark stamped to verso and repeated in pencil.
Notes (date):
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