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Terra sancta sive promissionis, olim Palestina

Description:

recens delineata, et in lucem edita per Nicolaum Visscher ; C.J. Visscher excud.

Relief shown pictorially.

Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian.

2 bar scales on map given in "Milliaria germanica communia" and "Milliaria unius horae".

Shows topography, drainage, territories of the twelve tribes of Israel, travel routes, places of historical interest.

Descriptive text below inset map.

Includes illustrations of a compass rose and ships.

Includes legend: Notarum Explicatio.

Decorative title cartouche with a fruit garland supported by six cherubs.

Inset map (with index): [Plan of Jerusalem].

Appears in Nicolaes Visscher's Atlas contractus orbis terrarum.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/dz123wd5374

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/dz123wd5374, 2006629146, and 65179335

Language:

lat

Creator:

Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679 and Visscher, Claes Jansz., 1586 or 1587-1652

Publisher:

[publisher not identified],

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Geography, Christianity, and Twelve tribes of Israel

Date Issued:

1659

Spatial Coverage:

Palestine and Jerusalem

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