Palestine
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Scholars and students of biblical geography and the historical geography of the Middle East
- Readers interested in the history of 19th-century Western exploration of Palestine
- Writers seeking first-hand geographical and site records for reference
- Readers who enjoy public-domain historical documents and are willing to verify background information
Not a good fit for
- Readers expecting modern political analysis or interpretation of the contemporary Middle East situation
- Readers who prefer light narrative and strongly plotted popular works
- Readers unfamiliar with the English original who are unwilling to read with the aid of tools
Reading tips
- Prepare a map of the Palestine region and mark the place names and sites mentioned in the book as you read
- Read the introduction or table of contents first to grasp the overall structure, then select chapters by theme
- Stay alert to era-biased statements in the book and cross-check with modern scholarly works
- Use it as a reference book to consult in installments rather than insisting on reading it cover to cover
About the publisher
Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.
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About the author
Conder, C. R. (Claude Reignier Conder, 1848–1910) was a British officer, explorer and archaeologist. He devoted himself for many years to the topographic and archaeological survey of Palestine and directed the related work, an experience that gave his writings a solid basis in fieldwork. Two of his works are held in the collection: Tent Work in Palestine: A Record of Discovery and Adventure and Palestine. The former follows the thread of tent life, recording discoveries and observations made during the survey, and reads as both an investigative notebook and a travel narrative; the latter deals with the geography and antiquities of Palestine. On the whole, his writing rests on first-hand exploration and combines terrain, sites and travel observations, offering direct material for the late nineteenth-century Western understanding of Palestine. Given the limits of the available records, public information on the details of his life is limited, and no further conjecture is made here.
