1840–41 Royal Engineers maps of Palestine, Lebanon and Syria
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The 1840–41 Royal Engineers maps of Palestine, Lebanon and Syria was an early scientific mapping of Palestine (including a detailed mapping of Jerusalem), Lebanon and Syria.
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1840–41 Royal Engineers maps of Palestine, Lebanon and Syria | |
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Created | 1840-41 |
Location | The National Archives (United Kingdom) |
Author(s) | Royal Engineers |
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It represented the second modern, triangulation-based attempt at surveying Palestine, following the French Carte de l'Égypte.[1]
It has occasionally been mislabeled as an Ordnance Survey map; in fact none of the officers worked for the Ordnance Survey, which was a separate organization.[2] The Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem, carried out almost 25 years later, was a separate and materially more detailed endeavor.