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An 1839
lithograph
showing a
caravan
passing the Isle of Graia, along the shore of the
Gulf of Aqaba
, one of two
gulfs
of the
Red Sea
, lying east of the
Sinai Peninsula
. The gulf is named after the city of
Aqaba
,
Jordan
's only seaport. It was formerly known as the Gulf of Eilat, after Aqaba's neighboring city
Eilat
,
Israel
.
Lithograph:
Louis Haghe
; Artist:
David Roberts
; Restoration:
Lise Broer
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