Mapping the Holy Land: The Foundation of a Scientific Cartography of Palestine

by Bruno Schelhaas, Bruno Schelhaas

Through a detailed study of the work of three of the leading figures of the era - Augustus Petermann, Physical Geographer Royal to Queen Victoria; cartographer Charles Meredith van de Velde, who produced the finest map of the region at the time; and Edward Robinson, founder of modern Palestinology - the authors explore the complex cultural, cartographic and technical processes that shaped and determined the resulting maps of the region. Making full use of newly discovered archival material, and richly illustrated in both colour and black and white, Mapping the Holy Land is essential reading for cartographers, historical geographers, historians of mapmaking, and for all those with an interest in the Holy Land and the history of Palestine.

208 pages, Hardcover

Published July 31, 2017

Reviews

[Ruby Granger · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an interesting, well-researched and accessible guide to Victorian attempts to map Palestine. I liked the inclusion of maps and their accompanying commentaries; however, there was more biography than I was expecting which I didn't find quite so interesting.