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Language
English
Description
"In the middle of the Mexican-American War, the secretary of the Navy authorized Lt. William Francis Lynch to command an unusual expedition, not south to the war zone, but east to Ottoman Palestine, now Israel and Jordan, to map the Dead Sea. Traversing this backwater of a dying empire, Lynch forged life-saving alliances with a Bedouin sheik and a Hashemite Sharif. Horses weren and rsquo;t strong enough, so he improvised with foul-tempered camels...
Author
Publisher
Journey Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xx, 844 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"This new title from avid traveller Tim Tranchilla marks the launch of an innovative-format guide designed to deliver in-destination, you-focused experiences. Israel, Jordan, Palestine and the Egyptian Sinai are covered, with a unique system ranking sights and presenting them in multiple formats according to interest and region, to help you plan a trip in the sort of detail that might normally be left to a travel agent – at a fraction of the cost....
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