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Title: Chart of the Quanza River, from the Bar to the Livingstone Falls surveyed and drawn by Carl Alexanderson, 1873-74

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1876

Publishers

  • London : John Murray, 1876.

Summary

Depth shown by soundings and shading. Relief shown by hachures. "The figures denote the depth of water during the dry season in feet. In the rainy season the water rises from 6-16 feet. Rise and Fall at the Bar 5 feet." Vegetation along riverbanks is shown. From: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 46 (1876), pp. 428-31; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.46 1876

Subjects

  • Angola
  • Cuanza River (Angola)—Discovery and exploration
  • Rivers—Africa, Southern—Maps
  • Hydrography
  • Cuanza River (Angola)—Maps
  • Angola—Maps
  • Physical maps
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (13.083333, 14.85, -9.0, -9.5)
  • Geometry: BBOX (13.083333, 14.85, -9.0, -9.5)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Alexanderson, Carl. Chart of the Quanza River, from the Bar to the Livingstone Falls surveyed and drawn by Carl Alexanderson, 1873-74. London : John Murray, 1876.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-5m60qv414

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng