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Carte de l'antique Alexandrie et de ses faubourgs : dresée sur les ordres de S. A. le vice-roi d'Egypte à l'aide de fouilles, nivellements et autres recherches / par Mahmoud-Bey, Astronome de Son Altesse

Description: Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2445 Mahmoud. Carte de l'antique Alexandrie et des faubourgs... fait en 1866. Paris, Imp. Monrocq, 1866. 1 sheet. [see p.]."Maḥmūd Bāshā Falakī (Mahmoud-Bey) was an Egyptian engineer, mathematician, and scientist who was charged with making the first complete topographical map of Egypt. (Biographical dictionary of modern Egypt, Arthur Goldschmidt, 2000, page 53, accessed online at http://books.google.com/books?id=p3J6IS8t74QC&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&dq=mahmud+basha+falaki&source=bl&ots=-274t5RYMd&sig=e7qKwgbc7CV-o8csctA39Xsofy0&hl=en&ei=KxhjTJ_DEJGMOK6otb8K&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=mahmud%20basha%20falaki&f=false on August 11th, 2010.) Stamp: Kensington Public Library. Relief: contour lines. Graphic Scale: Meters, stade. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Stamp: Kensington Public Library MS notes: 15 2445 p.Maps Africa Mahmoud.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1866
Call number: 623619
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