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Report by an Expedition from the United States to the Jordan River and the Dead Sea – Leipzig, 1854
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Bericht über die Expedition der vereinigten Staaten nach dem Jordan und dem todten Meere, William Francis Lynch. Leipzig: Dyk'sche, 1854. German.
A detailed report composed by an expedition of 14 men that left the United States in 1847 to survey the Jordan River and the Dead Sea. the expedition was headed by the author, William Francis Lynch, an officer in the American navy and a scholar of Eretz Israel. He was the first to draw an accurate and detailed map of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea, and his expedition was the first to survey the southern part of the Dead Sea. 28 engravings, two of which are folded, with maps of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea.
xvi, 332 pp + [26] engraving-plates, [2] folded plates, 22 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tears to one map. Damage to binding. Torn spine.
A detailed report composed by an expedition of 14 men that left the United States in 1847 to survey the Jordan River and the Dead Sea. the expedition was headed by the author, William Francis Lynch, an officer in the American navy and a scholar of Eretz Israel. He was the first to draw an accurate and detailed map of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea, and his expedition was the first to survey the southern part of the Dead Sea. 28 engravings, two of which are folded, with maps of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea.
xvi, 332 pp + [26] engraving-plates, [2] folded plates, 22 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tears to one map. Damage to binding. Torn spine.
Travels to Eretz Israel, Maps, Photography, Postcards
Travels to Eretz Israel, Maps, Photography, Postcards