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Title: Map of Russian Lapland drawn from the original map made by Professor J. A. Friis by George T. Temple

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1880

Publishers

  • London : Edward Stanford, 1880.

Summary

Fishing stations and Lappish [Sami] chapels are shown. Russian, Karelian, and Lappish villages are differentiated. Boundaries of Russian Lapland with Norway, Finland, and Russia proper, and of slanovoi (police districts), are shown. Course of proposed road from Kem to Kola is shown. Northern limits of compact coniferous and foliferous woods [tree lines] are shown. Relief shown by hachures. Includes explanation of Lappish [Sami], Finnish, and Russian geographical terms. From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 2 (1880), no. 10, pp. 593-602; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

Subjects

  • Russia (Federation)
  • Lapland—Description and travel
  • Kola Peninsula (Russia)—Description and travel
  • Murmanskai︠a︡ oblastʹ (Russia)—Description and travel
  • Lapland—Maps
  • Kola Peninsula (Russia)—Maps
  • Murmanskai︠a︡ oblastʹ (Russia)—Maps
  • Physical maps
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (28.5, 41.5, 70.25, 64.916667)
  • Geometry: BBOX (28.5, 41.5, 70.25, 64.916667)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Temple, George T., fl. 1880. Map of Russian Lapland drawn from the original map made by Professor J. A. Friis by George T. Temple. London : Edward Stanford, 1880.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-w6634614q

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng