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Maps 29.d.28, 3

Record Id:

032-003231462

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003231462

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026867737.0x00081a

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Maps 29.d.28, 3

Title:

Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai. Made with the sanction of the Right Hon: Sir John Pakington, Bart; Secretary of State for War. By Captains C. W. Wilson, and H. S. Palmer, R.E. Under the direction of Colonel Sir Henry James, R.E: F.R.S. etc. Director-General of the Ordnance Survey. [Part III. Photographs. Volume III.] Photographer(s): McDonald, James

Scope & Content:

Imprint: Published by Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury. Ordnance Survey Office. Southampton. MDCCCLXIX [1869].

Folio, Blue buckram volume (modern binding) measuring 481 x 330mm, with printed titlepage (with mounted print), sheet with letterpress list of captions, and 33 albumen prints mounted one to a page (recto only), with letterpress captions beneath each image. The volume continues the documentation of the work of the survey from volumes I and II (see Maps 29.d.28/1-2), although this part concentrates less on topography than close up views of stele and inscribed rocks, containing, in the words of the printed advertisement, '33 photographs of inscriptions in Wadys Mukatteb, Ajeleh, and Aleyat, and also of the Egyptian inscriptions at Magharah, and of the Egyptian ruins at Serabit el Khadim, with views of the localities.' This volume was individually available for £2 10s 0d. For a note on the complete publication, see introduction to Maps 29.d.28/1.

Collection Area:

Map Collections

Hierarchy Tree:

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

34 items

Digitised Content:

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Start Date:

1868

End Date:

1869

Date Range:

1868-1869

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 114 mm x 161 mm to 165 mm x 215 mm

Source of Acquisition:

Gift, c. 1869: Label pasted onto front fixed endpaper reads: 'Presented to the British Museum by Authority of The Right Honble. The First Commissioner of H.M. Works &c.'

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Wilson, Charles William, Knight, army officer, 1836-1905