The mission was not a great success
early Victorian Barker dial with jewelled cap
the failure of the coffee plantation
and enjoyed a long career as a writer
The case would originally have had a bronzed or blackened finish - most of this has worn away from the exterior
Verner's Map Reading and Field Sketching (1898) Air Ministry The mission was not aMAP READING AND FIELD SKETCHING Lt Col. Willoughby Verner JOHN BALE, SONS & DANIELSSON Ltd, London, 1898 A very rare 1898 edition of Lieut Colonel Verner's Map Reading and Field Sketching, covering military sketching, map reading and the use of the prismatic service compass. The book is illustrated with diagrams and a folding sketch map. Subjects covered include: military maps, the magnetic compass, contoured maps, using maps on the ground, and