| Former owner | Skinner, William, 1700-1780 |
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| Former owner | Skinner, Monier |
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| Date | [ca. 1745] |
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| Scale | Scale approximately 1:240 |
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| Language | English |
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| Location | British Library |
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| Collection (local) | British Library Collection |
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| Subjects | - Military art and science--Newfoundland and Labrador--Placentia--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Fortification--Newfoundland and Labrador--Placentia--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Placentia (N.L.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
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| Places | - Canada
- North and Central America
- Placentia
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| Extent | 1 map : manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 52 x 35 cm |
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| Terms and License | - 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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| Notes | - Date suggested from reference to "sodds" - fort was reinforced from 1744 (see http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=4067).
- Shows title in a surround at upper left.
- Shows lettered key (A-O) in a surround at lower right.
- Shows cartographer's (?) name in margin at lower right - now trimmed (only "F. G" remains").
- Shows scale bar ("Scale 20 Feet to an Inch") at lower centre.
- Shows a profile view through the fort at upper centre.
- Shows "B:15: F;21" in ink at lower right and "(24)" at lower left.
- Copy at Add Ms 33,231.II.16. A roll. 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.
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