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Source Description
Title from Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, volume X, 1888, page 811.
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Document identity
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0z7098392
label
Map of the Raïan Basin
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obj
dtoType
map
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1
Source metadata
id
0z7098392
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Map of the Raïan Basin
description
Title from Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, volume X, 1888, page 811.
date
["1888"]
year
1888
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_015415
creators
Whitehouse, Frederic Cope, 1842-1911
Harrison & Sons Lith.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Reservoirs--Egypt
Wadi el-Rayan (Egypt)--Maps
Moeris, Lake (Egypt)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Africa
Al Baḥr al Aḥmar
Al Fayyūm
Egypt
Qārūn, Birkat
Rayyān, Wādī ar
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Egypt
state
Al Baḥr al Aḥmar
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[London]
publisher
Harrison & Sons, 45 & 46 St. Martin's Lane, W.C.
Source extras
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sf268508b
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41688024w
schema:latitude
29.15
schema:longitude
30.416667
extent
1 map : color ; 54 x 89 cm
notes
Title from Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, volume X, 1888, page 811.
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by isolines.
Shows proposed Raïan Basin reservoir.
Includes location map.
Manuscript signature in lower left: Cope Whitehouse, Aug. 1st 1888.
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no
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0z7098392
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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