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Informationen zum Autor Haim Goren is an historical geographer in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies! Tel-Hai College! Israel. His main fields of interest are European activity in Ottoman Palestine and the Near East! the history of the scientific study of that region! mainly the Holy Land! and pilgrim and traveller literature. Through a study of two important projects of the time - international efforts to determine the exact level of the Dead Sea, and Chesney's Euphrates Expedition to find a quicker route to India - Professor Goren shows how other forces than the interests of empire, were involved. Zusammenfassung Through a study of two important projects of the time - international efforts to determine the exact level of the Dead Sea, and Chesney's Euphrates Expedition to find a quicker route to India - Professor Goren shows how other forces than the interests of empire, were involved. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction PART I. Britain, Europe, and the Near East, 1830-50 Chapter 1 European military agents in the early 1830s: 'The early spies' Callier, Chesney and Lvov Chapter 2 The Euphrates Expedition, 1834-7 2.1 British interests and activities in Syria and Palestine 2.2 British military scientific enterprises in Palestine following the 1840 campaign PART II The Dead Sea and the Jordan Rift Valley, myth and research Chapter 3 Early explorers 3.1 Costigan, the first victim, and the sailing on the Dead Sea 3.2 ‘It appears to be considerably lower than the ocean’: Moore and Beek Chapter 4 'The chase after the level', Dead Sea and Jordan depression measurements 1837-1848: First barometrical measurements Chapter 5 Who should be crowned as the great discoverer? Publications and discussions following Moore’s and Beek’s report Chapter 6 Further measurements and triangulation Chapter 7 Conclusive explorations: Molyneux and Lynch Conclusive remarks Bibliography Name Index Index Locorum ...
