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Title: Map of the route of the R.G.S. East African expedition to Lakes Nyassa & Tanganyika constructed from Mr. Thomson's original map collated with the routes of other explorers by W. J. Turner

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1880

Publishers

  • London : Edward Stanford, 1880.

Summary

Routes of expedition shown in red. Locations of camps along route are given. Previous routes of Livingstone, Stanley, Burton, Speke, Cameron, Elton, Cotterill, and Stewart are shown. Includes elevation profile: Approximate section along Mr. Thomson's route between Nyassa and Tanganyika [vert. scale ca. 1:161,600]. Landmarks along section are shown. Relief shown by hachures. From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 2 (1880), no. 12, pp. 721-42; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

Subjects

  • Africa, Eastern
  • Tanzania
  • Africa, East—Discovery and exploration
  • Africa, East—Maps
  • Tanzania—Maps
  • Great Lakes (Africa)—Maps
  • Physical maps
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (27.833333, 40.166667, -4.833333, -10.0)
  • Geometry: BBOX (27.833333, 40.166667, -4.833333, -10.0)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Turner, W. J. (William John). Map of the route of the R.G.S. East African expedition to Lakes Nyassa & Tanganyika constructed from Mr. Thomson's original map collated with the routes of other explorers by W. J. Turner. London : Edward Stanford, 1880.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-3r074x47k

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng