Claim: Biblical Researches in Palestine (travel literature) was described as a cornerstone of exploration and later Eli Smith relied on only what they saw
Evidence: Biblical researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea (1841 edition), also Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Adjacent Regions (1856 edition), was a travelogue of 19th-century Palestine and the magnum opus of the "Father of Biblical Geography", Edward Robinson. Travelogues of Palestine are the written descriptions of the region of Palestine by travellers, particularly prior to the 20th century. The work has been described as a "cornerstone of nineteenth century Palestine exploration". Earlier descriptions had relied on the accounts of travellers and legends, whereas Robinson and his guide and translator Eli Smith relied on only what they saw for themselves.