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Travelogue Entry from Beirut to Jaffa and Jerusalem in ’64
An American traveler recalls a voyage from the Nile to Beirut by steamer and then the Jerusalem route via Jaffa. He details Turkish passport rules, bribes avoided, Beirut harbor scenes, and historic sites along the Jaffa Jerusalem railway including the tomb of Dorcas, Simon the tanner’s house, and biblical places such as Lydda and Ramleh while noting orange groves and the Broad plan of Jerusaalem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusacem
Palestine
Upper Nile
Spherx
Pyramids
Cairo
Port Said
Beirut
Syria
Messageries Maritimes Steam Navigation Co
Jerusalem
Jaffa
Turkey
Mount Carmel
France
Thomas Cook & Son
Sultan
Satan
Jam
Hiram
Tyre
Solomon's Temple
Lotilla
Jonah
Zerubbabel
Lebanon
Jappa
Herod the Great
Josephus
Cestius
Vespasian
Napoleon
Doreas
Tabitha
Foras
Lydda
Peter
Simon
Dean Stanley
Andromeda
Gennesareth
Constantinople
England
Russia
Dorens
Miss Arnott
Hotel
Hardegg
Jatia
Plain of Sharon
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Eliladelphia
U. S. AL
Nile
Malestine
Peert
Aeneas
Hind
Jesus Christ
Saran
Justinian
Ramleh
Valley of
Ajalon
Joshua
Gibeon