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Iudaea seu Palaestina ob sacratissima redemtoris vestigia hodie dicta Terra Sancta

Alternative Title:

Judaea seu Palaestina ob sacratissima redemtoris vestigia hodie dicta Terra Sancta prout olim in duodecim tribus divisa separatis ab in vicem regnis Juda et Israel expressis insuper VI ultimi temporis ejusdem terrae provinciis and Iudaea seu Palaestina ob sacratissima redemtoris vestigia hodie dicta Terra Sancta prout olim in dvodecim tribvs divisa separatis ab in vicem regnis Ivda et Israel expressis insuper VI ultimi temporis ejusdem terrae provinciis

Description:

collecta ex tabulis Guil. Sansonii Christissimi Regis Geogr. a Ioh. Baptista Homanno.

Relief shown pictorially.

Latitudinal and longitudinal lines.

Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian.

4 bar scales on map given in "Stadia", "Mille passus geometrica", "Milliaria unius horae", and "Dietae".

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

Includes legend: Notarum explicatio.

Decorative cartouche shows illustrations of Moses receiving the tablets on Mount Sinai, the burning bush, and Israelites with angels.

Inset map: Populi Israelitici ex Aegypto per desertum in terram promissionis Canaan quadraginta annorum iter. stat. et profectio.

Appears in Homann's Grosser Atlas über die ganze Welt. Norembergae: 1716, map no. 122. Also later appeared in Homann Heirs Atlas compendiarius quinquaginta selectarum tabularum geographicorum Homanni, 1752.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/mg221qt8479

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/mg221qt8479

Language:

lat

Creator:

Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724

Publisher:

[Joh Baptista Homann]

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Geography, Christianity, and Twelve tribes of Israel

Date Issued:

[approximately 1716]

Spatial Coverage:

Palestine and Middle East

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