Plan of Alexandria

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Date
1847
Abstract
A map of Alexandria showing the topographical features of the area. The city is divided into lettered zones, but is not drawn in much detail.
Description
principally from the survey of Capt. W.H. Smyth, R.N. _A.A, The Heptastadium, or dyke connecting the island of Pharos with the city
Citation
Unknown. "Plan of Alexandria." (1847) Rice University: https://hdl.handle.net/1911/9456.
Keyword
Alexandria (Egypt) -- Maps.; Historical Map
Publisher
Rice University
Related Work(s)
Forms part of the Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA)
Related Work(s)
Research module: Places in Egypt, https://hdl.handle.net/1911/109669
Related Work(s)
From: Wilkinson, Gardner. "Hand-book for Travellers in Egypt; including descriptions of the Nile to the Second Cataract, Alexandria, Cairo, the Pyramids, and Thebes, the Overland Transit to India, the Peninsula of Mount Sinai, the Oases, &c." (John Murray: London, 1847): 080.
The complete text of the book in which this map appears is available at http://hdl.handle.net/1911/9190
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https://hdl.handle.net/1911/9456
Rights
This material is in the public domain and may be freely used.
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