| Former owner | Skinner, William, 1700-1780 |
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| Former owner | Skinner, Monier |
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| Date | [ca. 1775] |
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| Scale | Scale approximately 1:300 |
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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--St. John's--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Fortification--Newfoundland and Labrador--St. John's--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Harbors--Newfoundland and Labrador--St. John's--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- St. John's (N.L.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
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| Places | - Canada
- North and Central America
- Saint John's
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| Extent | 1 map on 2 sheets : joined, manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 44 x 71 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 http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=12850 (viewed October 2014) - Fort Amherst (depicted - named here Pallisser's Tower) was completed in 1777.
- Relief shown by shading.
- Shows title at upper right.
- Shows scale bar at lower left, "Scale to the Plan 25 Feet to an Inch".
- Shows descriptive text at lower left.
- See Add Ms 33,231.II.9. for a section of the tower.
- Copy at Add Ms 33,231.II.8. Comprises 2 sheets joined and laid on linen - a roll. Manuscript annotation at 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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