Search for geospatial/GIS data

Find GIS data held at MIT and other institutions

Title: Map of the north end of Lake Nyassa surveyed by Mr. Jas. Stewart, C. E., Livingstonia Mission, 1880

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1881

Publishers

  • London : Edward Stanford, 1881.

Summary

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Expedition routes of Stewart, Elton, and Thomson are shown. "This map is a continuation and correction, on the same scale, of Mr. Stewart's former maps published in the 'Proceedings' May 1879 & July 1880." Includes note: "[peaks labeled] a, b, c, d, e, are peaks of the Livingstone Range surveyed by compass bearings from the west coast. The eastern coast-line has been sketched in approximately parallel to the line of peaks." From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 3 (1881), no. 5, pp. 257-77; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

Subjects

  • Tanzania
  • Malawi
  • Africa, East—Discovery and exploration
  • Surveying
  • Livingstonia Mission
  • Nyasa, Lake—Maps
  • Great Lakes (Africa)—Maps
  • Tanzania—Maps
  • Physical maps
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (33.0, 34.75, -9.083333, -10.583333)
  • Geometry: BBOX (33.0, 34.75, -9.083333, -10.583333)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Turner, W. J. (William John). Map of the north end of Lake Nyassa surveyed by Mr. Jas. Stewart, C. E., Livingstonia Mission, 1880. London : Edward Stanford, 1881.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-g158bk79s

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng