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Born in Cairo, Kharita™ is a specialty print store dedicated to collecting and producing high quality vintage map prints, focusing mainly on maps in the MENA region. Kharita™ was founded on a mutual passion for history, heritage and cartography.
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Sinai & the Desert of the Wanderings 1874
This historic Kharita™ reveals the Sinai Desert Peninsula in the 19th century. It shows major towns, roads, rivers and mountains. 2 inset maps are included which show magnified projections of Mount Sinai, Wadi Feiran and Jebel Serbal. To the right is a reference of the ruins of Petra located in Jordan. Relief shown by hachures.
“Desert of the Wanderings” refers to the Exodus period where it is believed that Prophet Moses led the Israelites to Mount Sinai where they wandered for 40 years in the wilderness. The story was mentioned in multiple religious scriptures and varies slightly.
Map Info
Creator: John Murray
Date: 1874
Language(s): English
Scale: 1:950,400
Location: Sinai, Egypt