| Cartographer | Thomas, John, the Elder |
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| Former owner | George, III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 |
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| Donor | George, IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 |
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| Date | 1738 |
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| Scale | Scale approximately 1:1,750 |
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| Language | French |
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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--Georgia--Saint Simons Island--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Fortification--Georgia--Saint Simons Island--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
- Saint Simons Island (Ga.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
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| Places | - Glynn (county)
- North and Central America
- Saint Simons Island
- United States
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| Extent | 1 map : manuscript pen and ink with watercolour over pencil ; 27 x 57 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 | - Production details from a manuscript note in the British Museum catalogue (Maps C.21 bb.3) referencing a letter from Mrs Margaret Davis Cate, 29 July 1955.
- Cumming (third edition) does not attribute the map to John Thomas and dates the map about 1760, but also suggests this may be incorrect.
- Relief (marsh areas) shown pictorially.
- Compare Maps K.Top.122.74. - similar external fortfications but arrangement of buildings within this plan of the the fort differ.
- With the scale "Echelle de 200 Toises" across the bottom of the map.
- With a simple compass rose at lower right orienting north to the top of the map.
- With a detailed explanation and partial lettered key at upper right and further explanatory text across the bottom of the map.
- The map lacks a border on the upper edge and the explanatory text at uper right begins midway (?) through a sentence - incomplete.
- Titled "Plan dessiné d'un Fort dans l'Isle de St. Simon" in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829.
- Titled "A colored plan of the fort in St. Simon's Island and of the adjacent redoubt; drawn by Capt. John Thomas in 1738 on a scale of 22 toises to an inch; 1 f. 10 in. x 10 1/2 in." in the Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts, and plans, and of the topographical drawings in the British Museum.
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