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PLAN of BUOY ISLAND NEW FOUND-LAND

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Associated name	Skinner, Thomas, 1759-1818
Former owner	Skinner, William, 1700-1780
Former owner	Skinner, Monier
Date	1762
Name on Item	Copy'd by Fran.s Assiotti Sept. ye 3.d 1762.
Publisher	Copy'd by Fran.s Assiotti,
Scale	Scale approximately 1:1,200
Language	English
Location	British Library
Collection (local)	British Library Collection
Subjects	Islands--Newfoundland and Labrador--Ferryland--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800 Ferryland (N.L.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places	Canada Ferryland Newfoundland and Labrador North and Central America
Extent	1 map : manuscript pen and ink ; 34 x 51 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 is shown pictorially. Shows Bois Island, Ferryland, Newfoundland. Shows title at upper left incorporating lettered key (A-D) identifying Smith's Battery, the Barracks, the landing place and a four gun battery. Show scale bar at lower centre in feet. Shows Assiotti's name and the date of copy at lower left. Copy at Add Ms 33,231.II.15. A roll - laid on linen. Manuscript annotation at lower left 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 left. Pressmark stamped to verso and repeated in pencil. Shows "T Skinner" in pencil at lower right.