Terræ Sanctæ

Alternative Title:

Zeiglero Palæstinæ descript., Arg. 1536 and Terræ Sanctæ

Description:

authore Iacobo Zieglero Landauo Bauaro. Relief shown pictorially. Latitudinal and longitudinal lines along margins. Indexes: Index in Palestinam Iacobi Ziegleri; Elenchus quo libro et capite bibliorum & quoties, singulia Palestinæ loci continentur. Vellum binding. Red fore-edges. First 4 and last 4 pages blank (included in page description). "Terrae Sanctae altera descriptio, IVXTA ordinem alphabeti, quæad Scripturam proxime directa est, utilissima etiam plebeio lectori, authore Vuolffgango Vueissenburgio pridem Academiæ Basiliensis Mathematico. ; Index, totius operis locupletissimus qui in priori æditione desyderabatur. ; Elenchus, quo libro & capite Bibliorum, & quoties, singuli Palaestinae loci continentur" on title page. Text entitled "Incastigationem mendarum" follows maps. Maps appear together at end; "Tabula continet" [i.e. Table of contents] and descriptive text appear on preceding versos. Maps show topography (in bird's eye view), vegetation, waterways, ports. Sea monsters, elaborate representations of water. Map 5 has compass rose, diagonal lines with labels such as "Babylon XIII" and "Roma XXVII." Map 6 includes Nile River Delta and Valley. Map 7 features pictorial representation of encampment with figures (including horsemen).

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/tm567gw9857

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/tm567gw9857

Language:

lat

Creator:

Ziegler, Jacob, 1480-1549 and Wissenburg, Wolfgang, 1496-1575

Publisher:

apud Vuendelinum Rihelium,

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Deserts

Date Issued:

1536

Spatial Coverage:

Arabian Peninsula, Asia, Middle East, Europe, Syria, Cyprus, Palestine, Libya, Egypt, Nile River Delta (Egypt), Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Mediterranean Sea, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, and North 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