Title | Memoirs by Commander James Felix Jones I.N: Steam-trip to the North of Baghdad in April 1846 with notes on various objects of interest en route. Journey for the purpose of determining the tract of the ancient Nahrwan canal undertaken in April 1848 with a glance at the past history of the territory of the Nahrwan. Journey to the frontier of Turkey and Persia through a part of Kurdistan. Researches in the vicinity of the Median Wall of Xenophon and along the old course of the River Tigris and discovery of the site of the ancient Opis. Memoir on the province of Baghdad. Notes on the topography of Ninevah and the other cities of Assyria and on the general geography of the country between the Tigris and the upper Zab founded upon a trigonometrical survey made in the year 1852 |
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Description | compiled and edited by R. Hughes Thomas., Includes tabulated lists of public buildings and groups of houses and of prices and wages., Illus. incl. lithogr. plates (some hand-col., some fold.)--and maps (3 in pockets)., Main Heritage Shelves General, DS70.65 .J66 1857, Book, Item-ID: i15806339, BIB-ID: 2526426, Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Publisher | Printed for Government at the Bombay Education Society's Press |
Contributor | Jones James Felix. Thomas R. Hughes. Bombay (India : State) Bombay Education Society |
Date | 1857 |
Format | print, xxii, 500 pages, 30 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations (some color), color maps, color plans ; 26 cm., unmediated, volume |
Identifier | QNL:00048617 oclc: 27735412 |
Language | eng |
Coverage | Iraq, Baghdad (Iraq), Iraq, Kurdistan, Turkey, Iran, Tigris River, Nineveh (Extinct city), Assyria, Iran, Iraq, Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq, Nineveh (Extinct city), Middle East, Assyria, Middle East, Kurdistan, Middle East, Tigris River, Turkey |
Rights | No Known Copyright |
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