A map showing the routes of some native caravans from the coast into the interior of Eastern Africa from information collected by the Revd. T. Wakefield, missionary at Mombása; also of two personal jouneys to the southern Galla country made by the Revds. T. Wakefield & C. New in 1865 and 1866-7

Description:: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Caravan routes, Mr. Wakefield's route in 1865, and Messrs. Wakefield & New's route in 1866-7 are shown. "The names of Positions astronomically determined by, or from the information of scientific travellers (Burton, Speke & Decken) are engraved in a thick lettering; Positions inserted from the reports of Sadi Ben Ahedi and the missionaries (Erhardt, Rebmann, Krapf, Wakefield &c.) are shown in a thinner character; Reported districts of more doubtful position, in the lightest lettering." From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 40 (1870), pp. 303-39; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v. 40 1870.
Creator:: Wakefield, Thomas, 1836-1901
Publisher:: London : published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, by J. Murray, Albemarle Street, 1870.
Provider:: Princeton
Resource Type:: Satellite imagery
Subject:: Caravans—Africa, Eastern, Africa, Eastern—Description and travel—Maps, Ethnology—Africa, Eastern, Indigenous peoples—Africa, Eastern, Africa, Eastern—Maps, Kenya—Maps, Tanzania—Maps, Physical maps, and Thematic maps
Spatial Coverage:: Africa, Eastern
Access Rights:: Public
Format:: TIFF
More details at:: https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/7422555

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