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Project for Fortifying the Admiralls Point going into Trinity Harbour Newfoundland Octob.r 1745

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Associated name	Skinner, Thomas, 1759-1818
Former owner	Skinner, William, 1700-1780
Former owner	Skinner, Monier
Date	1745
Publisher	[producer not identified]
Scale	Scale approximately 1:200
Language	English
Location	British Library
Collection (local)	British Library Collection
Subjects	Military art and science--Newfoundland and Labrador--Trinity--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800 Fortification--Newfoundland and Labrador--Trinity--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800 Trinity (N.L.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places	Canada Newfoundland and Labrador North and Central America Trinity
Extent	1 map : manuscript pen and ink ; 36 x 53 cm
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).
Notes	Relief shown by shading and by hachuring. Shows title at upper centre. Shows scale bar at centre (100 feet to an inch). Shows lettered key (A-H) at centre right. Inset with two profile views of the fortification (scale approximately 1:120). Annotated with "39" at lower left and "BO 15 FO 34" at lower left. Copy at Add Ms 33,231.II.10. 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. Shows "T Skinner" (Thomas) in pencil at lower right. Pressmark stamped to verso and repeated in pencil.