Memoir by Captain Chesney, on the Euphrates, 1832.

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Memoir by Captain Chesney, on the Euphrates, 1832.

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This memoir by Captain Francis Rawdon Chesney of the Royal Artillery is written in longhand and details his 1831 exploration of the Euphrates River Valley. The work begins with "a letter to His Excellency Sir Robert Gordon, dated Bagdad 25th January 1831" and includes a hand-drawn map showing the area between Lake Manzala and Suez. In 1830 Francis Rawdon Chesney submitted a report on the feasibility of making a Suez Canal and a year later he proposed a new overland route to India by way of the Euphrates Valley.

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Southern Methodist University DeGolyer Library

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Chesney, Francis Rawdon 1789-1872

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Francis Rawdon Chesney, British army officer and explorer. Thomas Love Peacock, the novelist and East India Company official, was a supporter of his expedition on the Euphrates. From the description of Francis Rawdon Chesney manuscript material : 1 item, 1834 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 85895004 From the guide to the Francis Rawdon Chesney manuscript material : 1 item, 1834, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Ci...