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 57
schaft zuBerlin for 1909. It is early yet to say how far this compasswill be practically successful, but from experiments made itpromises to do wTell. It is not only with the marine compass of thenavigator that geographers are interested, much as theyowe to it for the charting of unknown… … Fig. 45.—Livingstones Boat Compass.(From E.G.S. Collection.) places on our maps. A most venerable and highly interest-ing instrument of the boat compass class, is shown inFig. 45, which is the original compass used by Dr. Living-stone on his memorable journey downthe Zambezi in 1855, and by…
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