PLAN of BUOY ISLAND NEW FOUND-LAND

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PLAN of BUOY ISLAND NEW FOUND-LAND
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Item Information

Title:
PLAN of BUOY ISLAND NEW FOUND-LAND
Associated name:
Skinner, Thomas, 1759-1818
Former owner:
Skinner, William, 1700-1780
Former owner:
Skinner, Monier
Name on Item:
Copy'd by Fran.s Assiotti Sept. ye 3.d 1762.
Date:
1762
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
British Library
Collection (local):
British Library Collection
Subjects:
Islands--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 ; 34 x 51 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] : Copy'd by Fran.s Assiotti,
Scale:
Scale approximately 1:1,200
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-002027386
Notes:
Relief is shown pictorially.
Shows Bois Island, Ferryland, Newfoundland.
Shows title at upper left incorporating lettered key (A-D) identifying Smith's Battery, the Barracks, the landing place and a four gun battery.
Show scale bar at lower centre in feet.
Shows Assiotti's name and the date of copy at lower left.
Copy at Add Ms 33,231.II.15. A roll - laid on linen. Manuscript annotation at lower left 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 left. Pressmark stamped to verso and repeated in pencil. Shows "T Skinner" in pencil at lower right.
Notes (date):
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