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Chorographica Terræ Sanctæ descriptio

Description:

W. Hollar fecit.

Relief shown pictorially.

Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian.

Bar scale on map given in "Milliaria unius hora".

Shows topography, drainage, travel routes, places of historical interest.

Features an illustration of a compass rose.

Includes legend: Notarum explicatio.

3 inset maps: Syriae veteris descriptio -- Castra Israelitarum in deserto -- Peregrinatio Israelitarum in deserto.

Appears in Thomas Roycroft's Biblia sacra polyglotta ... edidit Brianus Waltonus, London, 1657.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/cc533cd4287

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/cc533cd4287

Language:

lat

Creator:

Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677 and Roycroft, Thomas, -1677

Publisher:

[Thomas Roycroft],

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Geography and Christianity

Date Issued:

1657

Spatial Coverage:

Palestine and Syria

Rights:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

Rights Holder:

Images from the Leonard and Juliet Rothman Holy Lands Map Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu

License:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false