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Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem / Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai, a volume with fourteen photographs and a map out of the "Survey of Jerusalem" and "Survey of the Sinai Peninsula" by Captain Charles William Wilson (1863-1905). [London], 1865-1869. English. In the first part of the volume - photographs from the "Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem" - Sebil Suleiman in the Old City, Western Wall, View of the Dome of the Rock, Hezekiah's Pool, David's Tomb, entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and Gethsemane, as well as a large map of Jerusalem (linen ed). In the second part of the volume (with a separate title page) - photographs from the "Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai" - desert landscapes, photograph of Oyun Musa (Moses Spring), group photograph of the expedition members, and more. All of the photographs were taken by James McDonald photographer of Wilson's expedition to Palestine. The Royal Engineers officer Charles William Wilson arrived in Palestine the first time late in 1864 as a member in a British engineering team that was appointed to assist the Ottoman regime in taking care of the serious sanitary problems of Jerusalem. The team's role was to check the area in order to improve the sewage system in the city (some claim that the team's work, was in fact to gather information about Palestine towards a British occupation). Wilson was commissioned to map Jerusalem. While mapping the city, Wilson was involved in archaeological excavations and research. In 1865 he published a map which is considered to be the first modern map of Jerusalem and also published the book "Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem" which summarized his work in the city. In the same year the "Palestine Exploration Fund" was founded and on behalf of this fund Wilson embarked for the second exploration mission recorded in this volume - Survey of the Sinai Peninsula. Total of 14 photographs (two are mounted on the title pages). [14] leaves + [1] map. Volume: 53 cm (a gold embossing on the front binding: "Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem and Peninsula of Sinai"). Good condition. Stains (photographs are clean, stains to map). On several plates appear titles in pencil (in English). Binding with leather spine and corners (new). New endpapers. Bookplate on inner side of front binding. Slight defects to binding. See: "First Photographs of Eretz Israel…". Editors: Eli Shiller and Menachem Levin with the participation of Dan Kiram. Jerusalem: "Ariel", 1989. Page 72.