PART of the BAY of PLACENTIA

Skinner, William, 1700-1780

Skinner, Monier

[ca. 1770]

[producer not identified]

Scale not given

English

British Library

British Library Collection

• 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
• Harbors--Newfoundland and Labrador--Placentia--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
• Placentia (N.L.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800

• Canada
• Newfoundland and Labrador
• North and Central America
• Placentia

1 map on 3 sheets : , joined, manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 47 x 72 cm

• No known copyright restrictions.
• This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).

• Date attributed on stylistic grounds.
• Relief shown pictorially.
• North is oriented to the left of the map, indicated by a compass arrow.
• Shows "New Fort", "Old Fort" and other defences.
• Copy at Add Ms 33,231.II.12. Comprises 3 sheets joined and laid on linen - a roll. Manuscript annotation at lower 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.