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Cartographer: Hartmann Schedel
Title: : Jierico
Date: 1493 Size: 10 x 16 inches
Published: Nuremberg
Description: Jericho. Uncoloured wood cut view of Jericho taken from the Nuremberg Chronicle.
Map Ref: MEAST2934

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Cartographer: Hartmann Schedel
Title: : Damascus
Date: 1493 Size: 9 x 14 inches
Published: Nuremberg
Description: Damascus. Town view with text above. Original colour.
Map Ref: MEAST3643

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Cartographer: Hartmann Schedel
Title: : Tercia etas Mudi: Damascus
Date: 1493 Size: 11 x 16 inches
Published: Nuremberg
Description: Damascus. Woodcut panorama accompanied by text description.
Map Ref: MEAST4078

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Cartographer: Martin Waldseemuller
Title: : [Cyprus & Near East]
Date: 1541 Size: 18 x 13 inches
Published: Strasbourg
Description: Cyprus and Near East. Early woodcut after Ptolemy.
Map Ref: MEAST2870

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Cartographer: Martin Waldseemuller
Title: : Tabula noua terrae sanctae
Date: 1541 Size: 16 x 10 inches
Published: Strasbourg
Description: Holy Land. Early black and white woodcut.
Map Ref: MEAST2874

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Cartographer: Sebastian Munster
Title: : Liber V. : Palestina
Date: 1558 Size: 7 x 11 inches
Published: Basle
Description: A miniature woodcut map of the Holy Land, taken from the seminal 16th century work, 'Cosmographia'.
Map Ref: MEAST4023

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Cartographer: du Pinet
Title: : De la Cite d'Acre
Date: 1564 Size: 8 x 11 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Acre. Beautiful woodcut of the fortress at Acre in the Levant.Descriptive text covers the lower half of the page. Black and white.
Map Ref: MEAST3859

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Cartographer: Braun & Hogenberg
Title: : Damascus
Date: 1575 Size: 15 x 13 inches
Published: Cologne
Description: Magnificient bird's eye city view of Damascus in rich original colour.
Map Ref: MEAST3711

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Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius
Title: : Terra Sancta
Date: 1592 Size: 20 x 14 inches
Published: Antwerp
Description: Stunning map of the Holy Land compiled with information from Dutch astronomer, Peter Laicksteen. Depiction of Jonah and the Whale to lower left. Original colour.
Map Ref: MEAST3963

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Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius
Title: : Palestinae Sive Totius Terrae Promissionis Nova Descriptio
Date: 1592 Size: 20 x 15 inches
Published: Antwerp
Description: Lovely example of Ortelius's map of Palestine or the Holy Land comprising of the Levant from the Lebanon to the Nile Delta. Original hand colour.
Map Ref: MEAST4224

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Cartographer: Braun & Hogenberg
Title: : Mons Calvariae
Date: c. 1615 Size: 18 x 13 inches
Published: Cologne
Description: Mount Calvary. Early black and white engraving.
Map Ref: MEAST2773

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Cartographer: Mercator Hondius
Title: : Peregrinatio Israelitarvm in Deserto
Date: 1621 Size: 8 x 6 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Route of the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. Coloured.
Map Ref: MEAST4087

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Cartographer: Samuel Purchas
Title: : Tabula Cananaeae
Date: 1625 Size: 8 x 6 inches
Published: London
Description: Holy Land. Published as part of Hakluytus Posthomous or Purchas his Pilgrimis. Coloured.
Map Ref: MEAST4143

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Cartographer: Willem & Jan Blaeu
Title: : Terra Sancta
Date: c. 1650 Size: 20 x 15 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Holy Land, part of the Nile Delta, Sinai and Red Sea. Oriented East West. Verso text in Latin. Original hand-colour.
Map Ref: MEAST4074

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Cartographer: Thomas Fuller
Title: : [Holy Land]
Date: 1650 Size: 13 x 10 inches
Published: London
Description: Ancient Holy Land Japho to Ashdod. Depicting scenes and places from the Old Testament.
Map Ref: MEAST2902

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Cartographer: Benito Montanus
Title: : Terrae Israel Omnis Ante Canaan Dictae in Tribvs Vndecim Distribvtae Accvratissima et ad Sacras Historias Intelligendas Opportvniss Cvmvicinarvm Gentivm Adscriptione Tabvla et Exactissimo Mansionvm XLIII Sitv
Date: 1660 Size: 20 x 14 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: The Holy Land, set on an east to west projection. The coastline is embellished with ships and sea monsters. This is an important and uncommon map showing the divisions of the tribes of Israel, and the route of the Exodus.
Map Ref: MEAST4095

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