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Title: The Nile and its western affluents, between the Albert Nyanza on the south, and the Sobat on the north founded on the astronomical observations, bearings and distances, of John Petherick, Esqr. as well as numerous other documents

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Dates

  • Coverage: 1865

Publishers

  • London : published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, by J. Murray, Albemarle Streett. ; 1865.

Summary

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. "Mr. Petherick's Routes, as well as those of his Agents (Mussaad & Awat), are Coloured [red.]" Discharge of Nile, Gazelle, and Sobat rivers (cubic feet per second) in 1863 is shown. Includes table: Heights [of stations] determined from the temperature of the boiling point of water, observed by Mr. Petherick. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 35, (1865), pp. 289-300; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.35 1865

Subjects

  • Africa, Eastern
  • Hydrology—Africa—Maps
  • Nile River Watershed—Maps
  • Nile River—Description and travel
  • Nile River—Maps
  • Africa—Maps
  • Physical maps
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (28.166667, 32.333333, 9.75, 1.833333)
  • Geometry: BBOX (28.166667, 32.333333, 9.75, 1.833333)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873. The Nile and its western affluents, between the Albert Nyanza on the south, and the Sobat on the north founded on the astronomical observations, bearings and distances, of John Petherick, Esqr. as well as numerous other documents. London : published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, by J. Murray, Albemarle Streett. ; 1865.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-br86b604r

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng