| RefNo | PP/11/32/2 |
| Previous numbers | PP/43/33 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Map, 'Map of Diego Garcia, scale 1/2 inch to the sea mile' by Gilbert Charles Bourne |
| Date | 1888 |
| Description | A map of the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, with coastal locations labelled. Beneath the map are two diagrams labelled figures 1-2 which show a cross-section of the soil at East Islet and the flow of a current striking a sloping bank.
Subject: Geography / Cartography
A print of this map was published in volume 43 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society alongside the paper 'The atoll of Diego Garcia and the coral formations of the Indian Ocean'. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Map |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1887.0167 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA1352 | Bourne; Gilbert Charles (1861 - 1933); zoologist and oarsman | 1861 - 1933 |