Map of the Raïan Basin

Title:: Map of the Raïan Basin
Cartographer:: Whitehouse, Frederic Cope, 1842-1911
Publisher:: Harrison & Sons Lith.
Name on Item:: Cope Whitehouse
Date:: 1888
Format:: Maps/Atlases
Location:: Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):: Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:: Reservoirs--Egypt
Wadi el-Rayan (Egypt)--Maps
Moeris, Lake (Egypt)--Maps
Places:: Egypt > Al Baḥr al Aḥmar > Rayyān, Wādī ar (depression)
Egypt > Al Fayyūm > Qārūn, Birkat (lake)
Extent:: 1 map : color ; 54 x 89 cm
Terms of Use:: No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:: [London] : Harrison & Sons, 45 & 46 St. Martin's Lane, W.C.
Scale:: Scale 1:100,000. 1.5783 miles to 1 inch
Language:: English
Notes:: Title from Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, volume X, 1888, page 811.
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by isolines.
Shows proposed Raïan Basin reservoir.
Includes location map.
Manuscript signature in lower left: Cope Whitehouse, Aug. 1st 1888.
Identifier:: 06_01_015415
Call #:: G8302.W33 1888 .W45
Barcode:: 39999085936407