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European territorial claims on the coasts of the Red Sea, 1885

Description:

Includes inset maps: Gulf of Tajura [scale ca. 1:1,169,000], Obock [scale ca. 1:41,740]. Also includes ancillary maps: Assab Bay [scale ca. 1:1,087,000], Sheikh Syed and Perim Island [scale ca. 1:73,040]. Depth shown by soundings. Sand bars, intertidal zones, and actual and proposed land and marine structures are shown. Approximate boundaries of African territories are shown. Relief shown by hachures. From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 7 (1885), no. 2, pp. 93-119; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

Resource Link:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9982357233506421

Identifier:

ark:/88435/t435gg51w

Language:

en and English

Publisher:

London : Edward Stanford, 1885.

Provider:

Princeton

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Image

Subject:

Red Sea Region—Description and travel, Red Sea—Description and travel, Africa, Northeast—Colonization, Red Sea Region—Strategic aspects, Red Sea—Strategic aspects, Red Sea Region—Foreign relations—Great Britain, Red Sea Region—Maps, Red Sea—Maps, Mandab, Strait of—Maps, Perim Island (Yemen)—Maps, Obock (Djibouti)—Maps, Tadjoura, Gulf of (Djibouti)—Maps, Aseb, Bay of (Eritrea)—Maps, Physical maps, Nautical charts, and Maps

Theme:

Red Sea Region—Description and travel, Red Sea—Description and travel, Africa, Northeast—Colonization, Red Sea Region—Strategic aspects, Red Sea—Strategic aspects, Red Sea Region—Foreign relations—Great Britain, Red Sea Region—Maps, Red Sea—Maps, Mandab, Strait of—Maps, Perim Island (Yemen)—Maps, Obock (Djibouti)—Maps, Tadjoura, Gulf of (Djibouti)—Maps, Aseb, Bay of (Eritrea)—Maps, Physical maps, Nautical charts, and Maps

Spatial Coverage:

Red Sea

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

TIFF