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Article Nº 2200 Cross-reference · Vol. II · p. 601

Madeira (geodesy)

Original title: Madeira (Geodesia)

See Geodesy, Maps and ‘Town Plans’ (Plantas da Cidade).

See · Nº 1644 · Geophysics, oceanography and geodesy Geodesy Summary of an article by the naval officer Pires de Matos (1940) on the geodetic triangulations of the Madeira archipelago (1914, 1936) and the astronomical observations used to place its hydrographic charts on the international ellipsoid. It matters as a record of how the islands were first accurately mapped.
See · Nº 0820 · Document, map or record Geographical Maps A list of the geographical and hydrographic maps of the Madeira archipelago known to the author, from the 1771 map made for Governor Sá Pereira to the 1937 chorographic map produced by the geodetic commission under Colonel Alfredo Durão. It also mentions two relief maps of Madeira.
See · Nº 2911 · Document, map or record Town Plans An account of the maps and city plans of Funchal, from Skinner's small plan of 1775 and Vidal's plan of 1843 to the municipal survey completed in 1895 and its later reductions and derivatives.

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Referenced here · 3: Geodesy Nº 1644
Geographical Maps Nº 0820
Town Plans Nº 2911

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