The royal geographical society and the development of surveying 1870-1914

Journal of Historical Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-108

  Collier, Peter ^a   Inkpen, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL CARTOGRAPHY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SURVEYING; TEACHING; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037230899     PISSN: 03057488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhge.2002.0449     Document Type: Article

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