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English: Isle of Graia Gulf of Akabah Arabia Petraea, depicting the Pharaoh's Island in the northern Gulf of Aqaba off the shore of Egypt's eastern Sinai Peninsula.
Français : Isle of Graia Golfe de l'Arabie Pétrée Akabah, illustration dépeignant l'île du Pharaon dans le nord du golfe d'Aqaba, au large de la péninsule du Sinaï de l'Égypte orientale.
Date 27 February 1839
Source Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 3, pts. 16-18, p. 8. Library of Congress, Reproduction number LC-USZC4-3525
US-LibraryOfCongress-BookLogo.svg This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID ppmsca.08343.
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Applications-graphics.svg This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: Dirt and smudges removed. Banding corrected. Histogram adjusted and colors balanced, with localized adjustments to brightness and colour balance.. The original can be viewed here: Isle of Graia.tif. Modifications made by GerardM.

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Haghe, Louis, 1806-1885, lithographer.
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