Tanganyika.

Issuing body
Tanganyika. Department of Lands & Surveys [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
English
Εdition
Printed 1941, reprinted 1950, [1956]
Published/​Created
  • Dar-es-Salaam : Dept. of Lands and Surveys, 1950.
  • London : His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1956.
Description
  • Scale 1:2,000,000 1 Millimetre = 2 Kilometres 1 Inch = 31.56 Miles 1.014 Inch = 32 Miles; polyconic projection. ( E 29°00ʹ00ʹʹ--E 40°28ʹ09ʹʹ/S 1°01ʹ12ʹ--S 11°46ʹ16ʹʹ).
  • 1 map : color ; 69 x 68 cm

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Summary note
This map shows: territorial, provincal, district boundries; three classes of roads; railways; contours. Also includes aeronautical information: land aerodromes; landing grounds; emergency landing grounds; water aerodromes; radioelectric stations; radioelectric direction-finding stations; land aerodromes with aeronautical radioelectric stations and direction finding. Also includes: two classes of important towns; minor towns; villages; rivers; dry water courses; swamps; wells and waterholes; radioelectric stations other than aeronautical.
Notes
  • Relief shown by contours.
  • "Administrative boundaries revised to May, 1950".
  • Original map is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, a map reproduction is included in companion volume.
  • "C.B.H. 28016-Wt-2023-Dd.7148-1750-7/56."
  • Includes index to gazetteer reference, and diagram showing the magnetic variation 1947.
  • This topographic map shows the territorial boundaries, provincial and district administrative divisions, railways, three classes of roads, and aeronautical information.
With
Issued to accompany volume: Report by Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the General Assembly of the United Nations on Tanganyika under United Kingdom administration for the year 1955. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1956.
Geographic coverage
Map covers Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi.
Other format(s)
Available also online through: Princeton University Libraries, Digital Map & Geographic Data Web site.
Place name(s)
Tanzania.
In
Colonial Office. Report by Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the General Assembly of the United Nations on Tanganyika under United Kingdom administration for the year 1955. Colonial 324. London : Colonial Office by Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1956. (313 pages : 25 cm).
OCLC
1340464384
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