Syria, showing all the ancient sites hitherto identified in Palestine : [Southern sheet] (Central sheet). / by Edwd. Weller, F. R. G. S.

• Main Authors: Weekly Dispatch, Weller, Edward, 1819-1884
• Format: Map
• Language: unknown
• Published: Weekly Dispatch 1863
• Subjects: Arctic; New Zealand; Pacific; Weller
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Map of Syria (southern sheet) (central sheet). Shows political boundaries, cities, ancient sites, railways, roads, bridges, topography, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines and islands. Relief shown with hachures. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as a legend and two bar scales given in English and geographical miles. With "Explanation of Arabic words frequently occurring in the names on the Map," such as nahr for river. Hand-colored lithograph. Map is 30 x 43 cm, on sheet 33 x 48 cm. Plate number handwritten in ink at lower left corner of sheet; "4/11/60" in pencil at bottom of sheet. Followed by maps entitled "Syria : . (Northern sheet)" on subsequent plate. Appears in Vol. II : Foreign. The dispatch atlas, in two volumes: Vol. I : British and .Vol. II : Foreign. Published by the Weekly Dispatch, London, 1863. Includes a preface, directions for binding and a table of contents for both volumes, which lists the maps in order of appearance, with plate numbers handwritten beside map titles. Preface begins: The subscribers to the Weekly Dispatch have in this collection the most full and accurate survey of the world's surface that has yet been presented to the public in any single series. Both volumes bound in board covered in dark green linen, with spine and corners in calf. Gilded spine titles, as well as ornamentation on spines and front and back covers. With marbled end papers and gilded page edges. Collation: Volume I: [6] pages, 129 leaves of plates (some double); Volume II: 147 leaves of plates (some double). The work’s total 276 plates contain 300 maps. Each plate number handwritten in ink above map. First volume focuses on the British Isles, especially England. Second volume covers the larger globe, featuring Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, North America, Central America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Ocean and the Arctic. Maps show political boundaries, cities, fortresses, railways, roads, bridges, canals, ocean routes, topography, glaciers, bodies of ...