AGSL GeoDiscovery

Terra Sancta Promissionis olim Palestina

Description:

Relief shown pictorially.

Oriented with north toward upper right of sheet; oriented with north toward right of sheet in center inset map.

Latitudinal and longitudinal lines around margins of left and right inset maps.

Key in upper right: Notarum explicatio.

Title at bottom.

Decorative cartouche (with figures), compass rose.

Shows topography, waterways, vegetation.

Descriptive text.

A reduced scale copy of Visscher's 1659 Palestine with modification in decoration and the addition of the insets.

3 inset maps: left and right show larger geographic area; center shows bird’s eye view of city, including Tabernacle encampment flanked by tribes of Israel.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/ds706yc4011

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/ds706yc4011

Language:

lat

Creator:

Lagniet, Jacques, 1600-1675 and Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679

Publisher:

chez Iacques Lagnet sur le Quay de la Megisserie au Fort Leuesque,[approximately 1660?]

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Twelve tribes of Israel

Date Issued:

1660

Spatial Coverage:

Asia, Africa, Middle East, Palestine, Egypt Africa, Nile River Valley Africa, and Mediterranean Sea

Rights:

Images from the The Renaissance Exploration 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.

Rights Holder:

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.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false