PLAN of the FORT in TIENDEROGA and Environs at the head of LAKE CHAMPLAIN November 1759

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PLAN of the FORT in TIENDEROGA and Environs at the head of LAKE CHAMPLAIN November 1759
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Title:
PLAN of the FORT in TIENDEROGA and Environs at the head of LAKE CHAMPLAIN November 1759
Cartographer:
Skinner, William
Former owner:
Skinner, William, 1700-1780
Former owner:
Skinner, Monier
Date:
[1759]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
British Library
Collection (local):
British Library Collection
Subjects:
Fortification--New York (State)--Fort Ticonderoga--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Military art and science--New York (State)--Fort Ticonderoga--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Fort Ticonderoga (N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places:
Essex (county) > Fort Ticonderoga (transport point)
Extent:
1 map on 4 sheets : joined, manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 70 x 73 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 1:4,800
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-002027390
Notes:
Relief shown by shading.
Consider William Brasier as cartographer on stylistic grounds - compare Add Ms 57,712.10.
Shows title and scale bar in simple surround at lower left
Shows lettered key at lower right.
Compare Maps K.Top.121.106. Consider William Brasier as cartographer?
Copy at Add Ms 33,231.NN.4. A roll comprising four sheets, joined - laid on linen. Manuscript annotation at centre 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 left. Pressmark stamped to verso and repeated in pencil.
Notes (date):
9999
This date is inferred.