Maps – "Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai" by Charles William Wilson – 1869

Maps – "Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai" by Charles William Wilson – 1869
Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai, Part II, Maps Plans and Sections, by A.W. Wilson, H.S. Palmer. [Southampton], 1869. English.
Part two out of the "Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai" by Charles William Wilson – Portfolio with ten maps (linen-backed), some in color, presenting the survey's results.
Charles William Wilson (1836-1905), a British Royal Engineers officer, geographer and archaeologist, one of the pioneers of the modern survey of Palestine, embarked on a mission on behalf of the Palestine Exploration Fund to the Sinai Peninsula. The results of the survey were published in five parts: The research survey, a folder with maps and three folders with photographs. This is the second part.
10 maps, linen-backed and folded (cloth strips at margins of maps). Size varies; average size: 69X94 cm. Condition varies. Worming. Minor blemishes. Some stains and creases. Library stamps on the maps and a label on the inner side of the folder. Blemishes to folder.