The Mapping of Israel: Bibliography, Finding Aid and Index. Volume 1: Topographic Map Series 1915-1970 provides a centralized listing of topographic maps covering present-day Israel published from 1915 to 1970.
The book offers sheet-level detail for nearly 30 map series ranging in scale from 1:2,000 to 1:125,000, including details for known revisions and reprints. Each sheet entry includes information on known holdings of the map sheet. The overwhelming majority of these maps are available in digital form and can easily be accessed online from the information included in the book. The institutions that house the map sheets vary but include the Australian War Memorial, the British Library, Haifa University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel State Archives, the Library of Congress, the National Library of Israel, the National Library of Australia, the Palestinian Museum Digital Archive, Survey of Israel, Tel Hai College, and more.
Accompanying the detailed sheet entries, the book’s index provides the reader an overview of material available for a particular location and also refers the reader to variations in location names.
Note from the Publisher
Preface
1:2,000
Jerusalem City Plan (1925-1927)
1:4,000
Beisan Area (1920-1925)
1:5,000
Hula Contour Survey (1944)
Jerusalem Corridor and Lachish Area (1950-1957)
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Central Water Authority (1962)
Jerusalem. Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (1963)
1:10,000
Israel (1949-1971)
1:20,000
Palestine (1917-1918)
Palestine / Eretz Yisrael / Israel (1929-1970)
1:25,000
Karte von Palästina (1918)
Eretz Yisrael (1940-1945)
Palestine (1940-1945)
1:40,000
Palestine: British Military Maps from WWI (1917-1919)
1:50,000
Karte von Palästina (1918)
Levant (1941-1950)
South Levant (1942-1945)
Eretz Yisrael (1949-1952)
Israel (1958-1970)
1:63,360
Palestine Exploration Fund Map (1918)
1:100,000
Palestine A.M.S. K631 / Palestine G.S.G.S. 4078-4079 (1934-1939)
Palestine (Old Series) (1934-1939)
Palestine – Forest Reserves Overprint 1935-1939
Northern Sinai (1935-1941)
Palestine (New Series) (1938-1939)
Palestine (1942-1960)
Eretz Yisrael (1945-1960)
Palestine – Forest Reserves Overprint 1946-1947
Israel (1959-1960)
1:125,000
Africa: Sinai Peninsula (1914-1917)
Index
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