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Terra Sancta sive promissionis, olim Palestina

Description:

edita per Fredericum de Wit ; gedruckt tot Amsterdam by Frederick de Wit.

Relief shown pictorially.

Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian.

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

Includes legend: Notarum explicatio.

Features illustrations of ships, a whale, and a compass rose. Illustrations of men and altars surrounding inset map.

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

Decorative cartouche with illustrations of a wreath and cherubs.

Descriptive text below inset map: Castrorum populi Israelitiei prout secundum Dei ordinationem...

In Latin and Dutch.

Inset map: [Plan of Jerusalem].

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/wh556hg7452

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/wh556hg7452

Language:

lat and dut

Publisher:

[Frederick de Wit],

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Geography, Twelve tribes of Israel, and Christianity

Date Issued:

1680

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