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Title: Deep sea sections to illustrate the paper by Captn. Sherard Osborn, R.N.

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Dates

  • Coverage: 1871

Publishers

  • London : published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, by J. Murray, Albemarle Street, 1871.

Summary

Depth shown in fathoms [vertical scale ca. 1:531,800]. Seafloor composition shown by shading and text. Major islands are shown. Operations in laying transoceanic telegraph cables (1865-69) shown in Sections I and II. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 41 (1871), pp. 46-58; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687.

Subjects

  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean bottom—Maps
  • Marine sediments—Maps
  • Submarine geology
  • Bathymetry
  • Transatlantic cables
  • Atlantic Ocean—Maps
  • Indian Ocean—Maps
  • Mediterranean Sea—Maps
  • Geological cross-sections
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-71.0, 101.0, 50.0, -34.0)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-71.0, 101.0, 50.0, -34.0)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Osborn, Sherard, 1822-1875. Deep sea sections to illustrate the paper by Captn. Sherard Osborn, R.N.. London : published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, by J. Murray, Albemarle Street, 1871.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-v118rh02d

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng