Victor Guérin travelled extensively in Palestine in the 19th century, and published his findings in 3 (Judee) + 2 (Samarie) + 2 (Galilee) = 7 volumes. All the volumes are now freely available on the internet. This page is an attempt to "walk" in Guerin´s footsteps, using the Survey of Western Palestine (=SWP) (and other) maps, and then to "map" his travels to Wikipedia articles.

also comes in handy for those unfamiliar with French.


  • HA 117, 7- (an example from the list below) refers to p.117 in Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. 7- refers to "not populated at the end of the British Mandate period," according to HA. (See User:Huldra/HA) Mostly used when there are no Wikipedia articles, and not likely to be any in the near future.
  • Note that the same name can refer to different places! Eg. the index for Samarie, p. 435, shows that "Tayebeh" is mentioned in I, 206, 206; II, 352. It turns out the I 206, 207 is for Taybeh, West Bank, while II, 352 is for Tayibe, Israel.
  • NB: So far only the places above the "@@@@@@@@@@@"-line are actually checked! The ones below are only (mostly) suggestions!
  • Feel free add Wikipedia articles, but please use the original article name, and *not* any redirection. (Redirs make searches difficult.)

JUDEE

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1868: Judee 1

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  • start: map SWP13 --> SWP16 --> SWP17 --> SWP13 --> SWP14 --> SWP17
  • Guérin, Victor (1868). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 1: Judee, pt. 1. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale. HAVE COPY
  • 1852 en 1854 and 1863

1869: Judee 2

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1869: Judee 3

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SAMARIE

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1874 Samarie 1

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1875 Samarie 2

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GALILEE

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1880 Galilee 1

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1880 Galilee 2

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