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Wadi Araba
in Maps and Images
The Cartography of Wadi Araba
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Tabula Peutingaria - Oldest existing
map showing road systems in southern Jordan and Israel.
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Map of Ptolemy, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center -
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Map of Ptolemy, British Library Board - For more information, see... |
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Madaba Mosiac Map depicting Wadi Araba and the Negev - For more information,
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Map of Middle East, William Hole, 1614(?) - Note the
disorientation of the mountains of Edom and the lack of recognition of Wadi Araba.
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Lvmen historiarvm per orientem, Franciscus Haraeus, 1624 -
Note the lack of geographical accuracy.
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Map of Turkish Empire, John Speed, London 1626 - Note
the lack of geographical accuracy.
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Romani imperii qua oriens est descriptio geographica, Nicolas Sanson, 1637
- Note the lack of detail, only Elana (Aqaba) in the Wadi Araba
is identified.
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Palestina, siue Terræ Sanctæ descriptio, Jan Jansson, 1650
- Note the unusual detail, the Wadi Araba is not identified.
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Map of the Middle East, Frederik de Wit,
1662 - Note the characteristic lack of detail; the
Araba is not identified.
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Map of the Middle East, Vincenzo
Coronelli, 1680 - Note the geographical
inaccuracies, especially in the depiction of the Sinai; there is no indication that Wadi
Araba was known.
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Totius Terrae Sanctae delineatio,
Philipp Cluver, 1686 - Note again the geographical
speculation.
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Iudæa seu Terra Sancta, Alexis Hubert Jaillot, 1696 -
Note that the area south of the Dead Sea is regarded as deserted.
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Map of the Red Sea, Carsten Niebuhr, 1762 - Note that
Niebuhr never explored inland so the Araba does not appear on his map
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For a good collection of maps depicting the Near East under Ottoman rule
(though the images are not expandable), see:
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Satellite Images of the Araba and Near East
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Image of Gulf of Aqaba and Sinai Peninsula from Apollo 7 |
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Image of Gulf of Aqaba and Sinai Peninsula from Gemini 11 |
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Satellite Image of Gulf of Aqaba |
Wadi Araba from Humeima:
A Brief Photographic Journey through Wadi Aheimar
All photographs (c) 1995, AMSIImages
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Panoramic View of Humeima from the West (Landscape Photo) |
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Approach to Wadi Aheimar |
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A Difficult Descent into Wadi Aheimar |
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Scenic view from Wadi Aheimar |
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Oasis in Wadi Aheimar |
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Approach to Wadi Araba: Part 1 |
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Approach to Wadi Araba: Part 2 |
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Approach to Wadi Araba: Part 3 |
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