Mapping the Holy Land: the origins of cartography in Palestine

Author
Goren, Haim, Jutta Faehndrich, and Bruno Schelhaas
Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Year
2017
Language
English
Call Number
GA1321 .G67 2017
ISBN
9781784534547
Reference Only
Off
Number of Pages
192
Library of Congress Subject Heading
Cartography -- Palestine -- History
Library of Congress Subject Heading 2
Palestine -- Historical geography
Abstract

Through a detailed study of the work of three of the leading figures of the era - Augustus Petermann, Physical Geographer Royal to Queen Victoria; cartographer Charles Meredith van de Velde, who produced the finest map of the region at the time; and Edward Robinson, founder of modern Palestinology - the authors explore the complex cultural, cartographic and technical processes that shaped and determined the resulting maps of the region. Making full use of newly discovered archival material, and richly illustrated in both colour and black and white, Mapping the Holy Land is essential reading for cartographers, historical geographers, historians of mapmaking, and for all those with an interest in the Holy Land and the history of Palestine.