53. Jerusalem, p.117-119, PEF Survey of Palestine, 3. Sketch map of Palestine, map no. The survey of south Palestine, wrongly called Naqab (Naqab is a corruption of the Hebrew term Negev, it has no equivalence in Palestine Geography), was completed in 1914, just before WWI, by Captain Stuart Newcombe. [1] The PEF survey represented the peak of the cartographic work in Palestine in the nineteenth century. Shows selected buildings and points of interest. Elias Sanbar. A Survey of Palestine, Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Jewish Problems in Palestine and Europe. Special Papers on Topography, Archæology, Manners and Customs, Etc, Plans, elevations, sections, etc. Galilee, p.27-29, PEF Survey of Eastern Palestine, 1889, page v, 2. [6], The “Survey of Eastern Palestine” was abandoned partly due to a change of priority for the British Government, who became focused on the events building up to the British Conquest of Egypt (1882). [Maps of United Nations partition plans for Palestine]. Royal Engineers. 2." Anonymous - A Survey of Palestine. Map of Palestine, showing land in Jewish ownership : compiled with assistance of Government Survey materials by Z. Lifshitz, Chief Engineer Catalog Record Only Shows Jewish owned land (private, and Jewish National Fund), Jewish settlements, Arab villages, roads, and railways. Title devised by cataloger. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. 16 of 1924." Jewish settlements were often marked only with circles along with the proposed name in Hebrew, as they were often still at their planning stage. LC copy imperfect: Torn, use-worn and fragile. 1 sheet ; 45 x 39 cm. 16 of 1924." Hassan Khader. Some sheets rev. "Copyright strictly reserved - vide Ordance No. Maps are either overprinted or reproduced, as base maps, mostly by Survey of Palestine, and others by War Office, and Ordance Survey during the period 1937-1947. Middle East Drawing and Reproduction, Great Britain. John James Moscrop illustrated the nature of the involvement of the War Office in the survey work, in a detailed monograph. ", on upper right margin. "Map No. "June 1931." A Survey of Palestine, Volume 1. "Revised January 1937 ; Red overprint July 1939." 1926. But does that indicate a sinister motive? "Copyright strictly reserved-vide Ordnance No. Maps are individually numbered, and titled based on U.N. Relief shown by contours. Relief shown by gradient tints and contours. Syria especially the Valley of the Jordan will become of great importance as offering the easiest road for an advance on the Suez Canal - under such circumstances it is of the utmost importance that we should have good maps of the country."[7]. Twenty-six sheets were produced for "Western Palestine" and one sheet for "Eastern Palestine". "Copyright strictly reserved-vide Ordinance No. The PEF Survey of Palestine was a series of surveys carried out by the Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF) between 1872 and 1877 for the Survey of Western Palestine and in 1880 for the Survey of Eastern Palestine. Conder from Jewish, Samaritan, Greek, Latin, and Norman French notices of Palestine, with contributions touching on the topography of Palestine found in Josephus, the Bible, Pliny, Strabo, the Rabbinical writers, the Samaritan chroniclers, the Onomasticon, the early Christian pilgrims, and the Crusading and Arab chronicles. "P/37/39"--In red. Jerusalem, p.293, PEF Survey of Palestine, 1.I. The A Survey of Palestine under the British aim was to undertake “legal examination of Mandate, 1920–1948, by Dov Gavish. "Copyright strictly reserved-vide Ordinance No. "Copyright strictly reserved-vide Ordnance No. Aurélia Hetzel. It traces the background and the reasoning behind the establishment of the survey programme, examines the foundations upon which the system was based, and strives to understand the motivation of those who implemented it. 5. [6] Haim Goren's review summarized it as follows: Moscrop takes considerable pains to show how the different governmental bodies, particularly the War Office, were involved in all stages of the Survey of Western Palestine. Sheets have 1944 and 1945 as dates of information. 1 sheet ; 33 x 29 cm. A survey of UN resolutions may provide an answer. “The Question of Palestine” has been an ongoing topic in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) since 1947. Fd. The Survey Of Western Palestine. by. Its surveyors came to Palestine with a scientific intent, albeit with additional religious, political, and other motivations. It was the first fully scientific mapping of Palestine. In upper left margin: District, northern, sub-district, Safed. Relief shown by gradient tints and contours. General Staff. pool elevation (cpe) 345.0 feet. Accompanied by: Safed index to 1:1250 survey of urban area. The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology: Judea (Volume 3) (1883), by C. R. Conder and H. H. Kitchener . LC copy imperfect: Torn, use-worn and fragile. Wikipedia Citation. Twenty-six sheets were produced for "Western Palestine" and one sheet for "Eastern Palestine".