The Tigris between Baghdad & Mósul [cartographic material] : by Lieutt. I. B. Lynch, In. Navy, shewing also the routes of Messrs. Ross & Forbes, 1839 / John Arrowsmith.

Author
Lynch, Henry Blosse, 1807-1873 [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, by J. Murray, Albemarle Street, 1839.
Description
  • Scale [ca. 1:2,358,000] ; (E 40°35'--E 45°20'/N 37°00'--N 32°20').
  • 1 map : b&w ; 23 X 20 cm.

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  • Location note
  • Map is accompanied by a book. To locate volume, search call number: G7 .J687 v. 9 1839

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    • Relief shown by hachures.
    • Ruins, tombs, and other archeological features are shown.
    • Includes: Ground plan of the city of Al Hadhr and its central ruin, numbered in accordance with Ross's descriptions.
    • Includes lithograph illustrations of front of the building at Al Hadhr, numbered in accordance with Ross's descriptions, and of inside of the hall no. 2, May 1836 & 1837.
    • From: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 9 (1839), pp. 409-30, 441-76; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.9 1839
    With
    Issued to accompany articles: XIX. A visit to the Sinjár hills in 1838, with some account of the sect of Yezídís, and of various places in the Mesopotamian Desert, between the Rivers Tigris and Khábúr / by Frederick Forbes, Esq., M.A., of the Bombay Medical Staff -- XXI. Note accompanying a survey of the Tigris between Ctesiphon and Mósul / by Lieutenant H. Blosse Lynch, Indian Navy. Baghdád, 25th July, 1839 -- XXII. Notes on two journeys from Baghdád to the ruins of Al Hadhr, in Mesopotamia, in 1836 and 1837 / by John Ross, Esq., Surgeon to the British Residency at Baghdád -- XXIII. Note on a part of the River Tigris, between Baghdád and Sámarrah / by Lieutenant H. Blosse Lynch, Indian Navy.
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    • Available also online through: Princeton University Libraries, Digital Map & Geographic Data Web site.
    • Online version of companion articles available also through the JSTOR Web site. Access limited to subscribing member institutions only.
    In
    Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 9 (1839), p. 409-30, 441-76, facing page 476. London : John Murray
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