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Maps and map-making; three lectures delivered under the auspices of the Royal geographical society (1910)

Reeves, Edward Ayearst, 1862-1945, Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) · London, The Royal geographical society · leaf 116

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ig. 96) a facsimile of part ofDr. Livingstones map of his route across Africa in 1856,which resulted in the discovery of the Victoria Falls, withthe latest map of the same region for comparison (Fig. 97).Here (Fig. 98) is a page from a field book of a pris-matic compass traverse, with the plotting… … Fig. 97.—Recent Map of same Region as shown on Fig. 96. II 98 MAPS AND MAP-MAKING is found to be in error, and according to latitude andazimuth observations it should be at F, consequently theroute is replotted, as shown by the upper traverse line. In the last lecture a good deal was said about the…

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