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VOYAGER PRESS BOOKS 1.888.656.2006
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For questions please e-mail us: info@voyager-press.comPhone toll-free 1-888-656-2006 Author: HOLLAND, Rev, F. W. Title: Notes on the Map of the Peninsula of Sinai. Publisher: London: Royal Geographical Society, 1869. Notes: A succinct expedition chronology with a remarkable early fold-out colour map of areas surveyed on the Sinai Peninsula, showing the author's routes between the the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba (or Gulf of Eilat). Excerpt from the text: "...I returned to Monte-video, and communicated with the president of the Republic laying before him the result of my labours. Up to this period the idea that gold to any extent existed in this province was ridiculed; but he at once promised his co-operation in the formation of a company, believing rightly that payable gold-fields offered peculiar attraction for increased imigration. Unfortunatley his assassination followed shortly after..." End Excerpt. With a Fine Color Map of the Sinai Peninsula!
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5 pages. Plus a large and bright fold-out clour map measuring 16 inches x 16 inches.
These are the original text pages and map printed in 1869, in Excellent Condition.
Attractively bound booklet style in recent blue paper covers with label.
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