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(ISRAEL, LAND OF). W.F. Lynch. Narrative of the United States’ Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea. First Edition. Two folding maps and 28 plates. pp. xx, 13-508 + ads. Browned. Original gilt-stamped boards, rubbed. 4to. Rosenbach 653; Blackmer 1043; Tobler p. 176. Philadelphia, Lea and Blanchard, 1849. Entertaining travelogue of the Holy Land, with a stop along the way in Smyrna. The writer describes the dress and demeanor of the various inhabitants: Christians, Jews and Muslims. Detailed maps of the topography with a focus on the Dead Sea region. The scientific survey, the first successful navigation of the Jordan River and Dead Sea, was undertaken at the behest of the United States Navy.