PLAN of CASTINE

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PLAN of CASTINE
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Item Information

Title:
PLAN of CASTINE
Cartographer:
Griffiths, F. A. (Frederick Augustus), -1869
Former owner:
Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
Name on Item:
F. A. G.
Date:
1816
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
British Library
Collection (local):
British Library Collection
Subjects:
Fortification--Maine--Castine--Maps, Manuscript
Military art and science--Maine--Castine--Maps, Manuscript
Castine (Me.)--Maps, Manuscript
Fort George (Me. : Fort)--Maps, Manuscript
United States--History--War of 1812--Maps, Manuscript
Places:
Hancock (county) > Fort George
Hancock (county) > Castine
Extent:
1 map : manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 16 x 24 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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Scale:
Scale approximately 1:15,840
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-001999748
Notes:
Relief shown by shading.
Sounding depths are given.
Shows "Fort George".
Oriented with north to the lower left of the map.
Shows title at upper centre.
Shows roads with distances.
Shows scale at lower right (440 yards to an inch).
Signed within paper mount at lower right, "F. A. G. March 1816".
Copy at Add Ms 27,715.1. Mounted on an additional sheet of paper. Mount lines ruled in black ink. Mount signed "F. A. Griffith R. Artillert" (?) on mount at lower right. Green circular label to verso showing "7". White label to verso showing "DRAWER 30 SECTION 1". Blue label to the verso shows "A 33/38".