1927 / PHILIPPINES TRIANGULATION / 44 FOLD OUT MAPS / TWO VOLUMES / VERY RARE
Item History & Price
Departmentof Commerce and Communications Bureau of Coast and Geodetic SurveysR.B.Derickson Director TheTriangulation of the Philippine Islands C.F.MaynardJ.F.Bond Volumes1 and 2 Soldby the Bureau of coast and Geodetic Surveys ManilaBureauof Printing 1927 The Triangulation ofthe Philippines comes in two volumes, in the original staple bound wraps, paginating with [468 and 476 pages, with a total of 44-fold out maps]. Thevolumes are in fair ...condition and is priced accordingly: Volume One is completewith two small holes in title page, and the front cover is loose, but thecontents and maps are in good condition. Volume Two is also complete but thefront cover and title page are loose, with some loss to the first ten pages orso on the top right corner, and some more pages being folded at corners.(perhapsfirst 25 pages) Again, all the maps are in good condition apart from a tearalong a fold on the map of Guimaras. American engineers were very proud of thismapping project and often compared the work to the triangulation of Indiaundertaken by British engineers. Some images have been provided above for youto examine the condition and contents of both volumes. The two volumes are only in fair condition, but they are very scarce according to OCLC Accession No. 14547212 in the WorldCatdatabase, and only ten libraries worldwide hold copies.
