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Title: Sketch map of explorations in the neighbourhood of St. Salvador (Congo) by the Rev. T. J. Comber, 1880

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1881

Publishers

  • London : Edward Stanford, 1881.

Summary

Congo River's course according to Mr. [Henry Morton] Stanley is shown. River's previously supposed course according to Captn. [James Hingston] Tuckey superimposed in hairline. Expedition route shown in red. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 3 (1881), no. 1, pp. 20-6; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

Subjects

  • Congo River
  • Congo (Democratic Republic)
  • Angola
  • Central Africa—Discovery and exploration—Maps
  • Surveying
  • Hydrograpy
  • Congo River—Maps
  • Angola—Maps
  • Congo (Democratic Republic)—Maps
  • Central Africa—Maps
  • Physical maps
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (11.833333, 17.166667, -4.1, -6.833333)
  • Geometry: BBOX (11.833333, 17.166667, -4.1, -6.833333)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Turner, W. J. (William John). Sketch map of explorations in the neighbourhood of St. Salvador (Congo) by the Rev. T. J. Comber, 1880. London : Edward Stanford, 1881.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-2v23vw90t

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng