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Plan of York Fort erected at Chateaux bay on the Coast of Labradore 1766

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Former owner	Skinner, William, 1700-1780
Former owner	Skinner, Monier
Date	1766
Publisher	[producer not identified]
Scale	Scale approximately 1:240
Language	English
Location	British Library
Collection (local)	British Library Collection
Subjects	Fortification--Newfoundland and Labrador--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800 Military art and science--Newfoundland and Labrador--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800 Newfoundland and Labrador--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places	Canada Newfoundland and Labrador North and Central America
Extent	1 map : manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 48 x 38 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	Shows Fort York in Chateau Bay, Labrador. Shows "Covert Way" and "Ditch". Shows "elevation and Plan of the Blackhouse" at centre with the "Well" and "Officers Room" marked. Shows a section of the fort (marked "AB" on the plan) beneath the map. Shows "Scale of 20 feet to an Inch" at lower right (but no scale bar". Copy at Add Ms 33,231.KK. Rolled. Evidence of old folds. Shows inscription at lower right, "Handed over to Lieut. Monier Skinner E. Eng.t by his father in 1872". Small red stamp of British Museum at lower right. Laid on linen. "No 4" to verso in ink. Verso stamped with pressmark and repeated in pencil.