| 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 not given |
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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 | - Georgia
- Glynn (county)
- North and Central America
- Saint Simons Island
- United States
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| Extent | 1 map : manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 21 x 30 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 Cumming (third edition) and 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.
- Title across the map.
- Boundary line shoun around the fort, within which nothing should be planted.
- Compare Maps K.Top.122.72.
- Titled "Plan dessiné d'une Batterie et d'une Redoute, avec un Corps de Garde, 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 "Plan d'une Batterie et d'une Redoute, avec un corps de garde" in St. Simon's Island: 12 in. x 8 in. in the Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts, and plans, and of the topographical drawings in the British Museum.
- Proposed fortifications on the southern tip of Saint Simons Island, Georgia.
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