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MEAST2934

Cartographer: Hartmann Schedel
Title: : Jierico
Date: 1493 Size: 10 x 16 inches
Published: Nuremberg
Description: Early incunable woodcut view of Jericho from the Nuremberg Chronicle. Jericho, famous for its Biblical walls, is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world.
Map Ref: MEAST2934

MEAST3643

Cartographer: Hartmann Schedel
Title: : Damascus
Date: 1493 Size: 9 x 14 inches
Published: Nuremberg
Description: Early incunable woodcut view of Damascus from the Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the most important books published in 15th-century Europe. Original hand-colour.
Map Ref: MEAST3643

MEAST2870

Cartographer: Claudius Ptolemy
Title: : Tabula IIII Asiae [Cyprus, Levant, and Mesopotamia]
Date: 1541 Size: 18 x 13 inches
Published: Vienne
Description: Ptolemaic woodcut map of the Levant, Syria, Cyprus, and Iraq from the 1541 edition of Ptolemy's "Geographia" with maps by Laurent Fries, text by Michael Servetus, and published by Gaspar Treschel.
Map Ref: MEAST2870

MEAST2874

Cartographer: Waldseemuller/Fries
Title: : Tabula nova terrae sanctae
Date: 1541 Size: 16 x 10 inches
Published: Vienne
Description: Woodcut map of the Holy Land from the 1541 edition of Ptolemy's "Geographia" with maps by Laurent Fries, text by Michael Servetus, and published by Gaspar Treschel.
Map Ref: MEAST2874

MEAST3859

Cartographer: Antoine Du Pinet
Title: : De la Cite d'Acre
Date: 1564 Size: 8 x 11 inches
Published: Lyon
Description: Beautiful wood-cut view of the fortress at Acre, Israel with accompanying description of the city in French.
Map Ref: MEAST3859

MEAST3711

Cartographer: Braun & Hogenberg
Title: : Damascus
Date: 1575 Size: 15 x 13 inches
Published: Cologne
Description: Magnificent bird's-eye view of Damascus from the first atlas dedicated to city maps, Braun & Hogenberg's 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum'. Latin text on verso. Rich original hand-colour.
Map Ref: MEAST3711

MEAST4390

Cartographer: Giovanni Antonio Magini
Title: : Palaestina, vel Terra Sancta
Date: 1620 Size: 7 x 5 inches
Published: Venice
Description: Miniature copper-engraved map of the Holy Land, or the modern-day Levant. Engraved by Girolamo Porro for a 1620 edition of Ptolemy's 'Geographia', with text by Magini. Italian text.
Map Ref: MEAST4390

MEAST4269

Cartographer: Samuel Purchas
Title: : Tabula Cananaeae
Date: 1625 Size: 8 x 6 inches
Published: London
Description: The Holy Land (Levant) as it was known during Biblical times using all the ancient place names. English text on the verso. Coloured.
Map Ref: MEAST4269

MEAST4303

Cartographer: Willem & Jan Blaeu
Title: : Terra Sancta
Date: c. 1635 Size: 20 x 15 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Holy Land, part of the Nile Delta, Sinai and Red Sea. Oriented East West. Latin text on verso. Original hand colour.
Map Ref: MEAST4303

MEAST2902

Cartographer: Thomas Fuller
Title: : [Holy Land]
Date: 1650 Size: 13 x 10 inches
Published: London
Description: Stunning copper-engraved map of the Ancient Holy Land from Japho to Ashdod, with scenes and places mentioned in the Old Testament. Strong impression.
Map Ref: MEAST2902

MEAST4473

Cartographer: Jan Jansson
Title: : Palaestinae sive Totius Terrae Promissionis
Date: 1661 Size: 8 x 5 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: A small Dutch Golden Age map of the Holy Land, or the modern-day Levant. The 40-day Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt to Palestine is marked with a yellow line. Coloured.
Map Ref: MEAST4473

MEAST3907

Cartographer: Jan Jansson
Title: : [Holy Land]
Date: c. 1670 Size: 70 x 33 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Six sheet wall map of the Holy Land orientated East to West based on Adrichom's map on the same scale. [Tube]
Map Ref: MEAST3907

MEAST4339

Cartographer: John Speed
Title: : Canaan
Date: 1676 Size: 21 x 15 inches
Published: London
Description: Famous map of the Holy Land embellished with Biblical vignettes, an inset map of Jerusalem, and an index to certain historical events decribed in the Bible. English descriptive text on the verso.
Map Ref: MEAST4339

MEAST4026

Cartographer: Alain Manesson Mallet
Title: : Syrie Moderne
Date: 1683 Size: 4 x 6 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Miniature map with elaborate figurative cartouche. Coloured.
Map Ref: MEAST4026

MEAST3727

Cartographer: Robert Morden
Title: : Canaan
Date: 1688 Size: 6 x 7 inches
Published: London
Description: Miniature English map of the Holy Land with descriptive text below and verso. Coloured.
Map Ref: MEAST3727

MEAST2557

Cartographer: Johann Ulrich Muller
Title: : Palestina
Date: 1692 Size: 4 x 6 inches
Published: Ulm
Description: Early German miniature map of the Holy Land with part of Egypt, Arabia and the Sinai Peninsula with text describing the Exodus from Egypt. Coloured.
Map Ref: MEAST2557

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