James Mcdonald (1822-1885)

James Mcdonald (1822-1885)

THE ORDNANCE SURVEY OF THE PENINSULA OF SINAI, 1869, a collection of albumen prints (53), mounted on loose leaves, including panoramas (2), together with the title page and index of this rare volume included, each print approx, 210 x 165mm, mounted on original pages, with typescript titles in the lower margin

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CHARLES WILLIAM WILSON Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai. Made with the Sanction of The Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, Bart: Secretary of State for War, Southampton, Ordnance Survey Office, 1869

In 1868-1869 a team of Royal Engineers under the leadership of Captain (later Sir) Charles Wilson was sent to make a survey of the Peninsula of Sinai for the Ordnance Survey. During the expedition to Sinai at least 264 listed photographs were taken by Colour Sergeant James MacDonald R.E. One hundred and fifty were published in three volumes of the official account of the survey.