Dead Sea Level: Science, Exploration and Imperial Interests in the Near East (Tauris Historical Geography Series)

by HaimGoren (Author)

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  Paperback
  2011

  $197.63

  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.