↑ Parent: Atlas Minor sive Geographia Compendiosa, qua Orbis Terrarum, per Paucas Attamen Novissimas Tabulas Ostenditur. Amstelaedami, ex Officina Nicolai Visscher

Collection: Smith Collection

Name: Terra Sancta, sive Promissionis, olim Palestina recens delineata, et in lucem edita per Nicolaum Visscher Anno 1659.

Barcode: 11511

Image Number: 11511.0077

Creator: Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679

Printmaker: Visscher, Claes Jansz., 1586 or 1587-1652

Date Created: 1659

Date Published: 1659

Content: Map

Subjects: Bible storiesBooksCartouches, Ornamental (Decorative arts)Cherubs (Art)FishersFishing tackleImaginary creaturesIsraelJordanLebanonPalestineSailing shipsSailing shipsSea monstersSyriaVisscher, Claes Jansz., 1586 or 1587-1652Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679

Title Translation: Holy Land, or Promised Land, formerly Palestine recently described, and brought to light by Nicolas Visscher in the year of 1659

Alternative Title: [Illustration of temple in Jerusalem] "Cassorum populi Israelitici prout secundum Dei ordinationem desertum AEgypti versus Terram promissionis Canaan Iter instituit Delineato. Cui accedit Viroum a viginti annorum aetate et supra in deserto sinai recent sitorum Numerus; nec non et Levitarum ab unis mensis astate et supra."

Brief Description: Map of the Holy Land, including Israel and Palestine, and adjacent areas of Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon. Oriented with North to the right.

Physical Description: 1 map: illustrated, colored

Publisher: Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679

Language: Latin

Region Depicted: Holy LandIsraelJordanLebanonPalestineSyria

Printing Process: Engraving

Printing Technique: Copper

Material Type: Paper

Notes: 1659 - inscribed on map. "C.J. Visscher Excudit" at lower left of map.

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