File:Tobago (1-50,000) (1926).jpg

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The West Indian island of Tobago, at 1:50,000 scale (1926).

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Description
English: A 1926 Ordnance Survey map of Tobago (part of Trinidad and Tobago), predating the work of the Directorate of Overseas Surveys (which later provided topographic mapping to Britain's then-West Indian colonies) by two decades. "Surveyed in the field by the Colonial Survey Section, under the command of Capt. G.H. Latham R.E. 1920-1925 with the assistance of the Trigonometrical Survey of Trinidad."
"Contour interval: 100 feet (firm line) every 500 ft. accentuated; 25, 50 & 150 feet (dotted line) 250 ft. accentuated."
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Source https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1102043816/view
Author Ordnance Survey (surveyed with the assistance of the Trigonometrical Survey of Trinidad)
Other versions Older, more saturated scan at CaribMap (CM665)
Camera location11° 15′ 00″ N, 60° 40′ 00″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This work is an Ordnance Survey map over 50 years old, which is covered by Crown Copyright which in this case expires 50 years after publication. Ordnance Survey does however ask that they be credited and that the date of publication be given. Any ancillary rights gained through the creation of the electronic version are granted as freely usable under any circumstances.
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This is because it is one of the following:

  1. It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
  2. It was published prior to 1974; or
  3. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1974.

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