Chesney’s and Plate’s map of Arabia and Syria

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A Map of Arabia & Syria.

Laid down chiefly from Original Surveys Under the Superintendence of Lieut. Colonel Chesney, R.A. F.R.S. And drawn by W.H. Plate, L.L.D. Hon. Forn. Secretary of the Syro-Egyptian Society of London, M. Geograph. Soc. of Paris, Corresponding Member of the Oriental Society of Germany &c.

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CHESNEY, [Francis Rawdon] and W[illiam] H[enry] PLATE
London,
Published by Longman, Brown & Co. Paternoster Row,
1849.
Engraved map, with hand-colour in part, left and right margin trimmed to neatline, fold-out section on right edge showing Ras al Hadd.
700 by 650mm (27.5 by 25.5 inches).
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Beautifully engraved map of Arabia and Syria.

The present map was published in 1849, a revised edition of a map first published in 1847, under the title "Arabia", of which only one institutional example is known, held at the British Library.

Cartographically, it is a compilation of various sources. As the note underneath the title explains: "Mesopotamia and its rivers are laid down from Surveys made during the Euphrates Expedition. The Red Sea, the P...

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