Name of Object:

Survey of Western Palestine

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Holding Institution:

The Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF)

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Date of Object:

1875

Inventory Number:

PEF-M-WS-139

Provenance:

Levant

Description:

Field sheet showing a week’s work mapping the environs of Gaza for the Survey of Western Palestine, dated 29th April, 1875. The SWP was the first detailed and fully accurate map ever made of Palestine, at 1 inch to the mile, for the Palestine Exploration Fund. The Survey Party was commanded by Lieut. Claude R. Conder, R.E., and his assistant, Lieut. H.H. Kitchener.

Citation of this web page:

"Survey of Western Palestine" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;uk;82;en

MWNF Working Number: UK 082