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Title: Sketch map of the River Rufiji from a survey by W. Beardall, Zanzibar; March, 1881

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1881

Publishers

  • London : Edward Stanford, 1881.

Summary

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Vegetation and copal and rubber districts districts along coast and islands and reefs offshore are shown. Villages along coast, delta, and river are shown. "The Delta of the Rufiji from the Admiralty Chart and other authorities. All above Mpembeno according to Mr. Beardall's original Map." From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 3 (1881), no. 11, pp. 641-56; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

Subjects

  • Tanzania
  • Tanzania—Discovery and exploration
  • Rivers—Africa, East—Maps
  • Hydrography
  • Rufiji River (Tanzania)—Maps
  • Tanzania—Maps
  • Physical maps
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (37.083333, 39.583333, -7.625, -8.666667)
  • Geometry: BBOX (37.083333, 39.583333, -7.625, -8.666667)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913. Sketch map of the River Rufiji from a survey by W. Beardall, Zanzibar; March, 1881. London : Edward Stanford, 1881.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-ks65hf717

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng