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This book is a historical study of the survey and mapping system of Palestine under the British Mandate. It traces the background and the reasoning behind the establishment of the survey programme, examines the foundations upon which the system was based, and strives to understand the motivation of those who implemented it. This study shows that the roots of the modern survey system of Palestine are to be sought in the Balfour Declaration and its implications regarding land in Palestine. The land issue was at the core of the mapping of Mandatory Palestine, and it remains as a core issue at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. Part 1: The Mapping of Palestine: Historical Background 1. The First Maps Based on Original Surveys 2. The Transitional Period - From the Land Problem Under the Military Administration to the Survey System of the Government of Palestine Part 2: The Survey System 3. Organizing the System 4. Geodetic and Cartographic Considerations Part 3: The Cadastral Survey 5. The Survey and Land Settlement Systems, 1920-1927 6. The Cadastral Maps 7. The Survey and Land Settlement Systems, 1928-1948 Part 4: The Topographic Map 8. The Topographic Map - A National Monument 9. The Topographic Map - Layout, Structure, Sources Part 5: The Map of Mandate Palestine 10. The Map of Palestine and the Imperial Cartographic System 'It is a tribute to Dr Gavish that he has so successfully incorporated and interwined the many threads relating to the survey, personalities involved and the effect of changing national and international politics. The result is an extremely fascinating, readable and learned account of the Survey of Palestine.' - IMCoS Journal 'Dr Dov Gavish of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem is to be congratulated for his masterly control of the fascinating subject of his book. The research undertaken has been based on extensive, and quoted, source material.' - IMCoS Journal 'The appearance of this book is to be applauded: Gavish has succeeded... in resurrecting an otherwise forgotten yet nonetheless important cartographic episode.' - Matthew H. Edney, Imago Mundi , Volume 59 Issue 2, 2007 Dov Gavish is Director of the Ariel Photographs Archives, and also lectures in the Department of Geography, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His previous publications include 50 Years of Mapping Israel, 1948-1999 , Salt of the Earth: From the Palestine Potash to the Dead Sea Works and Land and Map: The Survey of Palestine, 1920-1948 .

In recent years the central Ottoman archive in Istanbul has been gradually releasing and computerizing thousands of maps stored in its collections. Our study introduces 137 maps already available to researchers that focus either directly or indirectly as part of broader presentations of imperial domains on the Ottoman Empire’s Arab provinces. These maps, which all date to between the middle of the nineteenth century and the First World War, differ widely in character, content and function. The maps are briefly described according to their content and set in their historical context. Depuis quelques années les Archives centrales ottomanes à Istamboul ont progressivement ouvert et informatisé des milliers de cartes conservées dans leurs collections. Notre étude présente 137 cartes déjà accessibles aux chercheurs qui concernent directement ou indirectement, dans le cadre de présentations plus larges des domaines impériaux, les Provinces arabes de l’Empire ottoman. Ces cartes, qui se situent toutes entre le milieu du XIXe siècle et la Première Guerre mondiale, diffèrent largement par leurs caractéristiques, leur contenu et leur fonction. Les cartes sont brièvement décrites selon leur contenu et situées dans leur contexte historique. Während der letzten Jahre digitalisierte und veröffentlichte das Osmanisches Archiv des Ministerpräsidentenamts (türkisch Basbakanlik Osmanli Arsivi) in Istanbul sukzessive Tausende von Karten, die in seinen Sammlungen aufbewahrt werden. Der Beitrag stellt 137 Karten vor, die der Forschung bereits zugänglich sind und die sich direkt oder indirekt—als Teil einer breiter angelegten Darstellung des Reichs—auf die arabischen Provinzen des osmanischen Herrschaftsbereiches beziehen. Diese Karten, die alle aus der Zeit zwischen der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts und dem Ersten Weltkrieg stammen, unterscheiden sich stark nach Charakter, Inhalt und Funktion. Die Karten werden anhand ihres Inhalts kurz beschrieben und in ihren historischen Kontext gesetzt. En los últimos años el Archivo Central Otomano en Estambul ha abierto y computarizado progresivamente miles de mapas almacenados en sus colecciones. Nuestro estudio presenta 137 mapas, ya disponibles para los investigadores, centrados directa o indirectamente, como parte de representaciones más amplias de los dominios imperiales, en las Provincias árabes del Imperio otomano. Estos mapas, todos ellos fechados entre la mitad del siglo XIX y la Primera Guerra Mundial, difieren ampliamente en carácter, contenido y función. Los mapas son brevemente descritos atendiendo a su contenido y situados en contexto histórico.

Within the last 2000 years the land demarcated by the Mediterranean Sea to the west and the Jordan Valley to the east has been one of the most disputed territories in history. World powers have redrawn its boundaries numerous times. Since the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 within British Mandate Palestine, Palestinians and Israelis have disagreed over the national identity of the land that they both inhabit.The struggles have extended from the battlefields to the classrooms. In the process, different national and ethnic groups have used various sciences, ranging from archeology to history and geography, to prove territorial claims based on their historical presence in the region. But how have various Israeli social and political groups used maps to solidify claims over the territory? In this paper we bring together science studies and critical cartography in order to investigate cartographic representations as socially embedded practices and address how visual rhetoric intersects with knowledge claims in cartography. Before the 1967 war between Israel and its Arab neighbors, the Israeli government and the Jewish National Fund produced maps of Israel that established a Hebrew topography of the land. After 1967, Israel's expanded territorial control made the demarcation of its borders ever more controversial. Consequently, various Israeli interest groups and political parties increasingly used various cartographic techniques to forge territorial spaces, demarcate disputed boundaries, and inscribe particular national, political, and ethnic identities onto the land.