Christina Phelps Grant
The Syrian Desert Caravan Routes, 1937
7 ½ x 10 ½ in
19 x 27 cm
19 x 27 cm
MEAST4766
An unusual and attractive map of the Syrian Desert, showing the caravan and pilgrim routes from Basra to Damascus and Aleppo. A small inset map shows the wider Arabian pilgrim...
An unusual and attractive map of the Syrian Desert, showing the caravan and pilgrim routes from Basra to Damascus and Aleppo. A small inset map shows the wider Arabian pilgrim routes, including to Mecca and Medina.
This map was published to accompany a book by the American historian Christina Phelps Grant (later Harris), who, remarkably for a woman of the time, travelled extensively throughout the Middle East in the 1930s and later became a distinguished history professor and expert on the region.
Printed colour. [MEAST4766]
This map was published to accompany a book by the American historian Christina Phelps Grant (later Harris), who, remarkably for a woman of the time, travelled extensively throughout the Middle East in the 1930s and later became a distinguished history professor and expert on the region.
Printed colour. [MEAST4766]
