Description: This map illustrates the route of the Suez Canal through Egypt and the Sinai peninsula. The manmade canal opened in 1869 and is composed of two parts, separated by the Great Bitter Lake.
Source: Ernest Rhys, Ed., A Literary and Historical Atlas of Asia (New York, NY: E.P. Dutton & CO., 1912) 48
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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