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Title: 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

Dates

• Coverage: 1867

Publishers

• London : published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society by John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1867.

Summary

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

Subjects

• Iraq
• Physical geography—Iraq—Maps
• Canals—Iraq—Maps
• Canals—History—Maps
• Iraq—Description and travel
• Mesopotamia—Maps
• Bābil (Iraq : Province)—Maps
• Physical maps
• Other

Geospatial coordinates

• Bounding Box: BBOX (43.88901, 44.7995, 33.4641, 32.69)
• Geometry: BBOX (43.88901, 44.7995, 33.4641, 32.69)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

• Access rights: Public

Citation

Bewsher, J. B., Lieutenant, fl. 1867. 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. London : published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society by John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1867.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-kh04ds152

Format

TIFF

Languages

• eng