Map symbols for river and river related features on Latvian topographic maps of the 1920s and earlier. From the book
Apzimejumi Merniecibas un Kulturtechniskiem Planiem
(Legends from Surveying and Cultural-Technical Plans)
Ministry of Agriculture
Riga, Latvia, 1928.
[4.4mb pdf of entire booklet here]
Original plate with translation to English below:
p = parkland
n = marshland
v = heath
zp = fens
s = sand / desert
sp = moss bog
grb = gravel pit
ak = stone pit
kp = peat bog
akl = quarry
sb = sand pit
mb = clay pit
Those are simply beautiful, great find! I would be very interested in the pdf booklet if you could make that available.
Will email you a PDF of all the original pages. John K.
Thank you so much for the fast reply and the pdf.
These are so elegant. I’m astonished at their beauty. I’m not so keen on the ‘p’ parkland, but the rest are to die for.
Hello, I notice you were able to send a pdf of these map symbols. Is this still possible? I would be most grateful! Cheers,
Added a link to the PDF in the blog posting (under the citation for the booklet).
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