Papers of General Chesney, Royal Artillery, explorer and surveyor
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Papers of General Francis Rawdon Chesney (1789-1872), Royal Artillery, explorer and surveyor, chiefly relating to his survey (1830) of the Isthmus of Suez showing that a canal was practicable, and his exploration of the Euphrates valley (1831, 1835-37) with a view to the development of an overlan...
Chesney's account of his exploration of the Euphrates Valley in 1831, together with his report on his survey of the Isthmus of Suez in 1830, including map