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Map showing route of the electric telegraph from Suakin to Ra-Sai reduced from the map, by the late Captn. L. Rokeby, R.M.

Description:

Relief shown by hachures, spot heights, and text. General road to Suakin and sections of telegraph are shown. Includes information on soil quality, vegetation, fauna, and groundwater. Locations, dates of, and distances from Suakin to expedition encampments are shown. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 44 (1874), pp. 152-63; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v. 44 1874

Resource Link:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9973814573506421

Identifier:

ark:/88435/4b29b848q

Language:

en and English

Creator:

Rokeby, Langham, Captain, d. 1873

Publisher:

London : John Murray, 1874.

Provider:

Princeton

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Image

Subject:

Sudan—Description and travel—Maps, Physical geography—Sudan—Maps, Telegraph—Sudan—Maps, Sawākin (Sudan)., Baḥr al-Aḥmar (Sudan)—Maps, Sudan—Maps, Physical maps, and Maps

Theme:

Sudan—Description and travel—Maps, Physical geography—Sudan—Maps, Telegraph—Sudan—Maps, Sawākin (Sudan)., Baḥr al-Aḥmar (Sudan)—Maps, Sudan—Maps, Physical maps, and Maps

Spatial Coverage:

Sudan

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

TIFF