topographer
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Valuable genealogical material will be found in such periodicals as the Genealogist, the Herald and Genealogist, the Topographer and Genealogist, Collectanea topographica et genealogica, Miscellanea genealogica et heraldica and the Ancestor.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
Topographer, tō-pog′raf-ėr, n. one who describes a place, &c.: one skilled in topography.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
In November Chief Topographer Hendriksen completed his survey and found the latitude of Coropuna to be 15° 31′ South, and the longitude to be 72° 42′ 40″ West of Greenwich.
From Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru by Bingham, Hiram
The Topographer says he "describes with the language of a master, the artless scenes of uncultivated nature."
From On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions by Felton, Samuel
When Chief Topographer Hendriksen arrived three weeks later to make his survey, it had disappeared.
From Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru by Bingham, Hiram
