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Title: Map showing route of the electric telegraph from Suakin to Ra-Sai reduced from the map, by the late Captn. L. Rokeby, R.M.

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1874

Publishers

  • London : John Murray, 1874.

Summary

Relief shown by hachures, spot heights, and text. General road to Suakin and sections of telegraph are shown. Includes information on soil quality, vegetation, fauna, and groundwater. Locations, dates of, and distances from Suakin to expedition encampments are shown. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 44 (1874), pp. 152-63; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v. 44 1874

Subjects

  • Sudan
  • Sudan—Description and travel—Maps
  • Physical geography—Sudan—Maps
  • Telegraph—Sudan—Maps
  • Sawākin (Sudan).
  • Baḥr al-Aḥmar (Sudan)—Maps
  • Sudan—Maps
  • Physical maps
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (36.60625, 37.625, 19.156977, 16.666667)
  • Geometry: BBOX (36.60625, 37.625, 19.156977, 16.666667)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Rokeby, Langham, Captain, d. 1873. Map showing route of the electric telegraph from Suakin to Ra-Sai reduced from the map, by the late Captn. L. Rokeby, R.M.. London : John Murray, 1874.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-4b29b848q

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng