Palestine Exploration Fund map / surveyed & drawn under diretion of Lieuts. C.R. Condor R.E. & H.H. Kitchener R.E., May, 1878. Reproduced by Survey of Egypt & War Office
- Bib ID:
- 6451728
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- Egypt. Maṣlaḥat al-Misāḥah, cartographer, issuing body
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. MAP G7500 s63 copy
- Related Online Resources:
- Map index at National Library of Australia
- Edition:
- Various editions.
- Scale:
- Scale 1:63,360 (E 34°25'--E 35°40'/N 32°10'--N 31°15').
- Description:
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- [Cairo] : Survey of Egypt & War Office, 1917-1918
- 1 map on 26 sheets : some mounted on linen, colour ; on sheets 44 x 70 cm or smaller + booklet (97 pages ; 17 cm)
- Notes:
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- Topographic map series of Palestine, originally published 1878, reprinted by British military during World War One. Shows swamps, wadis, towns, villages, tribal areas, classified roads, tracks and railways. Relief shown by contours, hachures, shading and spot heights.
- Sheets individually numbered. Series index shows sheet names, but sheets themselves are unnamed.
- Some sheets issued to 2nd or 3rd editions - 1918; some sheets include red and purple overprints, updating or highlighting roads and/or railways.
- On sheet I: "Surveyed and drawn under the direction of Lieut, C.R., Conder, R.E., Lieut, H.H. Kitchener, R.E., May 1878."
- Accompanied by booklet: Index of names on sheets I-XXI, and parts of XXIII, XXIV, XXV, of Palestine Exploration Fund map. Scale 1 in. to 1 mile. Cairo : Government Press, 1918.
- National Library of Australia's set includes some sheets printed on the verso of various other maps, including previous and cancelled editions of this series, and sheets of Constantinople & surrounding country 1:63,360, GSGS 2390; Africa 1:125,000, GSGS 2427; Canal Zone 1:20,000, GSGS 4002.
- MAP G7500 s63 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-234541021
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1878
- Other authors/contributors:
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Artistic
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1916
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1918
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