AGSL GeoDiscovery

Paradise, or the garden of Eden

Description:

by Joseph Moxon.

Relief shown pictorially.

Bar scale on map given in "English Miles".

Decorative cartouches (including atlas figure), compass rose, ship, sea monster.

Shows buildings, topography, vegetation.

Pictorial vignette of Adam and Eve.

Text throughout map relating to Genesis.

"Gen. 3".

Appears in The Holy Bible, London, 1715.

1 of a series of 6 biblical maps published in Dutch by Nicolaes Visscher in 1671, which were translated into English by Moxon, and published in an atlas entitled: Sacred Geographie or Scriptural Mapps, (London, Moxon, 1691).

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/sy443zd3895

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/sy443zd3895

Language:

eng

Creator:

Moxon, Joseph, 1627-1691 and Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679

Publisher:

[publisher not identified],

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Geography, Eden, and Paradise

Date Issued:

1715

Spatial Coverage:

Africa, Asia, Middle East, Cyprus, Egypt, Palestine, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Armenia, 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