The Expedition For The Survey Of The Rivers Euphrates And Tigris
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. 1850. Binding: contemporary half dark navy cloth over matching calf, rebacked expertly, title in gilt on two, spine with five raised bands, spine compartments with decorative gilt ruling and central devices, upper and lower boards with blind decorative bordered ruling., Notes: The expedition was carried out by order of the British Government in the years 1835, 1836, 1837.
Francis Rawdon Chesney (1789 – 1872) was a British general and explorer.
The expedition arrived in Malta on 12 March 1835 on the Georges Canning and left on 21 March 1835 in order to transport all the materials and construct both iron steamers in the Bay of Antioch. The 16 March 1836, Chesney’s forty-seventh birthday, was picked as the date of the first trial voyage for the Euphrates. At their first point of anchorage in Beles, they undertook trials of the two vessels under controlled conditions with and against the current. The Tigris trials were disappointing but the Euphrates ones were very satisfactory. The expedition’s progress was overall leisurely and stops were made in several cities along the way for wood, fuel as well as historical research. Chesney noted that the descent and survey of approximately 1200 miles of the Euphrates river had been completed by June 18, 1836. The River Karun and Bah-a-Mishir were then examined throughout September 1836.
, Size: Large 4to. (320mm x 240mm, Illustration: Illustrated with Geographical and Historical Notices of the Regions situated between the Rivers Nile and Indus; a folding map in pocket at the upper end of the first volume, 49 hand coloured plates, and numerous in text illustrations., Volume: In 2 volumes. , Category: Book Asia Middle East General; Book Near East Turkey; Book Plate Books Colour;. A very good example, texts and plates are clean and crisp. Item #B6380
Binding: contemporary half dark navy cloth over matching calf, rebacked expertly, title in gilt on two, spine with five raised bands, spine compartments with decorative gilt ruling and central devices, upper and lower boards with blind decorative bordered ruling., Notes: The expedition was carried out by order of the British Government in the years 1835, 1836, 1837.
Francis Rawdon Chesney (1789 – 1872) was a British general and explorer.
The expedition arrived in Malta on 12 March 1835 on the Georges Canning and left on 21 March 1835 in order to transport all the materials and construct both iron steamers in the Bay of Antioch. The 16 March 1836, Chesney’s forty-seventh birthday, was picked as the date of the first trial voyage for the Euphrates. At their first point of anchorage in Beles, they undertook trials of the two vessels under controlled conditions with and against the current. The Tigris trials were disappointing but the Euphrates ones were very satisfactory. The expedition’s progress was overall leisurely and stops were made in several cities along the way for wood, fuel as well as historical research. Chesney noted that the descent and survey of approximately 1200 miles of the Euphrates river had been completed by June 18, 1836. The River Karun and Bah-a-Mishir were then examined throughout September 1836.
, Size: Large 4to. (320mm x 240mm, Illustration: Illustrated with Geographical and Historical Notices of the Regions situated between the Rivers Nile and Indus; a folding map in pocket at the upper end of the first volume, 49 hand coloured plates, and numerous in text illustrations., Volume: In 2 volumes. , Category: Book Asia Middle East General; Book Near East Turkey; Book Plate Books Colour;.
Price: $3,750.00