topographer
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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
Nichols, in his Topographer and Genealogist, suggests that "James Cooke, the celebrated mariner, was probably of common origin with the Stockton Cookes."
From The Life of Captain James Cook by Kitson, Arthur
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
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
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