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Seaton's map of Palestine or the Holy Land with part of Egypt

Description:

engraved on steel by Josiah Neele.

Relief shown by shading and hachures.

Latitudinal and longitudinal lines.

Prime meridian: Greenwich.

Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian.

3 bar scales on map given in "Ancient Hebrew miles", "Great Arabian miles", and "British statute miles".

Shows topography, drainage, territories of the tribes of Israel, travel routes, places of historical interest.

3 pictorial vignettes: [Jesus with two women] -- Principal square in grand Cairo -- View of the pyramids & sphynx.

Descriptive text: Note.

Includes legend: Explanation.

Margins are illustrated.

"This map intended as a companion for & to illustrate the geography of the Sriptures is principally compiled from surveys made under the direction of General Kleber for the information of Buonaparte and as regards the coast from those made for the Admiralty of England."

2 inset maps: Jerusalem and its environs -- The Temple of Jerusalem.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/ds015gy1551

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/ds015gy1551 and 234126321

Language:

eng

Publisher:

Josiah Neele,

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Geography, Twelve tribes of Israel, Christianity, Pyramids, and Great Sphinx (Egypt)

Date Issued:

[1835?]

Spatial Coverage:

Palestine, Egypt, Jerusalem, Cairo, and Cairo (Egypt)

Rights:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

Rights Holder:

Images from the Leonard and Juliet Rothman Holy Lands Map Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu

License:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false