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

Description:

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

Creator:

Bewsher, J. B., Lieutenant, fl. 1867

Publisher:

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

Provider:

Princeton

Resource Type:

Satellite imagery

Subject:

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

Spatial Coverage:

Iraq

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

TIFF

More details at:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/7113274