Drawing Palestine from London

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Thumbnail Image Credits

for “Introduction,” taken from Sandys, George. Travels. London: Williams, c. 1673.
for “Scene in History,” taken from Kelman, John. The Holy Land. London: A. & C. Black, 1902.
for “On Display,” taken from Fuller, Thomas. A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine. London: Williams, c.1650.
for “Mobile Subjects,” taken from Twain, Mark. The Innocents Abroad. London: Chatto & Windus, 1881.
for “Jerusalem,” taken from Bartlett, W.H. Walks About the City and Environs of Jerusalem. London: Strahan, 1845.
for “Palestine in the World,” taken from Doner, John. A New General Atlas of the World. London: Teesdale, 1831.
for “Bibliography,” taken from Pococke, Richard. A Description of the East. London: Pococke, c. 1743-45.
for “Acknowledgments,” taken from Henniker, Frederick. Notes. London: John Murray, 1823.
for “Contact,” from Lithgow, William. Travels and Voyages. Edinburgh: J. Meuros, 1770.

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