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Book Cover 1 Half-Title 2 Series Title 3 Title 5 Copyright 6 Contents 7 Illustrations 9 Preface 13 Foreword 17 Part I The historical background to the survey of Palestine 18 1 The first maps based on original surveys 20 2 The transitional period 35 Part II The survey system 58 3 Organising the system 60 4 Geodetic and cartographic considerations 74 Part III The cadastral survey 110 5 The survey and land settlement systems, 1920-1927 112 6 The cadastral maps 154 7 The survey and land settlement systems, 1928-1948 168 Part IV The topographic map 199 8 The topographic map 201 9 The 1:100,000 topographic map 219 10 The map of Palestine and the Imperial cartographic system 252 Appendix A Survey ordinances of Palestine 257 Appendix B High Commissioners for Palestine 262 Appendix C Biographical summaries 263 Glossary 275 Notes 276 Sources and bibliography 306 Index 316 Index of map scales 335

Author

Dov Gavish

Published

2005

Language

EN