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Map of Palestine as a British-Mandated Territory of the League of Nations

David Benvenisti, Benzion Lurie1943

Ossoliński National Institute

Ossoliński National Institute
Wrocław, Poland

A map of Palestine as a British-Mandated Territory of the League of Nations, published in Jerusalem, entitled "Palestine to-day. An up-to-date map of the Holy Land". The map is bound together with a cover including three pages of an English-language index of Jewish settlements in the then Palestine, along with a list of abbreviations used when writing their names. This cartographic document falls within the Ossolineum’s collecting scope which focuses on works concerning Poland and related to Poland. The map format 48 × 68 cm. Scale 1 : 500 000. Sheet of the map is folded and bound with a paper cover containing list of names of Jewish settlements in Palestine. The cover title page is hand-dated 26–29 Sept. 1943. Several places on the map are underlined by hand by red and blue lines.

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  • Title: Map of Palestine as a British-Mandated Territory of the League of Nations
  • Creator: David Benvenisti, Benzion Lurie
  • Date Created: 1943
  • Location Created: Jerusalem
  • Physical Dimensions: h 48, w 68 cm
  • Provenance: Donation of Zofia and Władysław Bartoszewski
  • Type: Map
  • Publisher: Kiryat Sepher Ltd
  • Medium: Colour zincography
Ossoliński National Institute

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