COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702
Author:
Schenk, Petrus, 1693-1775
Date:
1659
Short Title:
Terra sancta, sive promissionis
Publisher:
Nicolaum Visscher
Publisher Location:
Amsterdam
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
46
Obj Width cm:
56
Scale 1:
900,000
Note:
Engraved hand colored in outline map of Holy Land, with title cartouche by N. Visscher issued by P. Schenk in Amsterdam. Shows the regions occupied by each of the twelve tribes on both sides of the Jordan, cities, towns, roads, landmarks, mountains and rivers. Relief shown pictorially. Included illustration of ships and inset plan of Israelite encampment during the Exodus is at bottom center.
Reference:
Shirley, R.W. Mapping the world (4th ed.) 639
Country:
Palestine
Region:
Middle East
Region:
Holy Land
Full Title:
Terra sancta, sive promissionis, olim Palestina recens delineatio, et in lucem edita per Nicolaum Visscher. Anno 1659. (to accompany) Atlas minor sive Totius orbis terrarum contracta delinea ex conatibus Nic. Visscher. (inset) Castrorum populi Israelitici prout secundum Dei ordinationem per Desertum Aegypti versus Terram Promißionis Canaan Iter instituit Delineatio.
List No:
11611.026
Page No:
23
Series No:
26
Publication Author:
Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702
Publication Author:
Schenk, Petrus, 1693-1775
Pub Date:
1740
Pub Title:
Atlas minor sive Totius orbis terrarum contracta delinea ex conatibus Nic. Visscher. Amst. Bat : Apud Nicolaum Visscher Cum privil: ordin: general: belgii foederati. Ger. de Lairesse detin & Sculp.
Pub Reference:
Shirley, R.W. Mapping the world (4th ed.) 639
Pub Note:
Visscher's Atlas minor, printed by Petrus Schenk and Reinier & Iosua Ottens. Atlas consists of hand colored title page, engraved by Ger. de Lairesse, and manuscript index page, listing 23 maps, double page engraved hand colored in outline, by Visscher, Schenk, Mortier, Ottens, F. Zuerner, H. Jaillot, Delisle, G. and L. Valk, and De Witt. Including: a double-hemispheric world, northern hemisphere, southern hemisphere, maps of the continents (Europe, Asia, Africa, and America), followed by maps of European regions (including Russia), and a map of the Holy Land. Atlas lacks sheet no. 17 (Hungaria ... ). Maps are in Latin, French and Dutch. Maps are undated, except the the map of L' Hemisphere Septentrional, dated 1740, map of Poland, dated 1734, and map of Terra sancta, dated 1659. Bound in half vellum over marbled paper covered boards. Not in Koeman
Pub List No:
11611.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
23
Pub Height cm:
56
Pub Width cm:
35
Image No:
11611026.jp2
Authors:
Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702; Schenk, Petrus, 1693-1775
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