Syria (Northern Sheet)

Interesting map of Syria from the THE DISPATCH ATLAS LONDON 1863 (was originally issued as a supplement to the Weekly Dispatch Newspaper), blank verso. THE DISPATCH ATLAS: with maps originally issued as a supplement to the Weekly Dispatch (a weekly Sunday newspaper, later to become the Sunday Dispatch), subscribers were presented "every week for more than five years some portion of a delineation, the fullest, the most complete and accurate which the geographical science at their command could furnish". This map is the northern portion of a series of 3 maps of the region (see our other listing for the Central Sheet).