The Nile and its western affluents, between the Albert Nyanza on the south, and the Sobat on the north [cartographic material] : founded on the astronomical observations, bearings and distances, of John Petherick, Esqr. as well as numerous other documents / constructed by John Arrowsmith.

Cartographer
Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873 [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, by J. Murray, Albemarle Streett. ; 1865.
Description
  • Scale [ca. 1:2,358,000] (E 28°10'--E 32°20'/N 09°45'--N 01°50').
  • 1 map : col. ; 36 X 20 cm.

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Notes
  • Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
  • "Mr. Petherick's Routes, as well as those of his Agents (Mussaad & Awat), are Coloured [red.]"
  • Discharge of Nile, Gazelle, and Sobat rivers (cubic feet per second) in 1863 is shown.
  • Includes table: Heights [of stations] determined from the temperature of the boiling point of water, observed by Mr. Petherick.
  • From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 35, (1865), pp. 289-300; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.35 1865
With
Issued to accompany article: Land journey westward of the White Nile, from Abu Kuka to Gondokoro / by J. Petherick, Esq., late H.B.M. Consul, Soudan. Read before the Royal Geographical Society, April 25, 1864.
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Online version of companion article available also through the JSTOR Web site. Access limited to subscribing member insitutions only.
In
Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 35 18365, p. 289-300, facing page 289. London : John Murray
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