Trigonometrical survey of a part of Mesopotamia, from Sheriat el Beytha (on the Tigris) to Tel Ibrahim to accompany the paper by Lieut. J.B. Bewsher

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Description:: Relief shown by hachures. Ancient supposed navigable canals, unused irrigants or branch canals, and canals in actual use are shown. Ruins converted by time into Tels or mounds are located. Soil conditions and agricultural land use shown by shading. Includes ancillary map: Sketch map: showing supposed positions of some places of historical interest, [scale ca. 1:1,229,000]. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 37, (1867), p. 160-82; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.37 1867
Creator:: Bewsher, J. B., Lieutenant, fl. 1867
Publisher:: London : published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society by John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1867.
Provider:: Princeton
Resource Class:: Maps
Resource Type:: Digital maps
Subject:: Physical geography—Iraq—Maps, Canals—Iraq—Maps, Canals—History—Maps, Iraq—Description and travel, Mesopotamia—Maps, Bābil (Iraq : Province)—Maps, and Physical maps
Spatial Coverage:: Iraq
Access Rights:: Public
Format:: TIFF

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