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The World’s Great Explorers
and Explorations.
Edited by J. Scott Keltie, Librarian, Royal Geographical Society;H. J. Mackinder, M.A., Reader in Geography at the University ofOxford; and E. G. Ravenstein, F.R.G.S.
A PICTORIAL MAP OF JERUSALEM AND THE HOLY LAND, FOR THEUSE OF PILGRIMS.
(From a MS. of the 13th Century in the Burgundian Library atBrussels.)
Frontispiece.
P A L E S T I N E.
BY
MAJOR C. R. CONDER, D.C.L., R.E.
LEADER OF THE PALESTINE EXPLORING
EXPEDITION.
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
Publishers
PREFACE.
THE Editors of the present series having done me the honour to ask mebriefly to relate the story of Palestine Exploration, and especially ofthe expeditions which I commanded; and having stipulated that the bookshould contain not only an account of the more interesting results ofthat work, but also something of the personal adventures of thoseemployed, I have endeavoured to record what seems of most interest inboth respects.
Many things here said will be found at greater length in previous workswhich I have written, scattered through several volumes amid morespecial subjects. I hope, however, that the reader will discover also agood deal that is not noticed in those volumes; for the sources ofinformation concerning ancient Palestine are constantly increasing; and,among others, I may mention, that the series of Palestine Pilgrim Texts,edited by Sir Charles Wilson, has added greatly to our knowledge, andhas enabled me to understand many things which were previously doubtful.
The full story of the dangers and difficulties through which the workwas brought to a s