Palestina, siue Terræ Sanctæ descriptio

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Type of resource	cartographic
Form	map; computer; online resource
Extent	1 map : hand colored copper engraving ; 38 x 49 cm
Place	Netherlands
Place	Amstelodami
Publisher	[Jan Jansson]
Publication date	1658; [1658]
Issuance	monographic
Language	Latin
Map data	Scale not determined ; E 33°39'00"--E 36°36'00"/N 33°54'00"--N 30°29'00").In decimal degrees: (E 033.6621--E 036.6064/N 033.9115--N 030.4960).

Printer	Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664

Subject	Bible > Geography > Maps > Early works to 1800
Subject	Twelve tribes of Israel > Maps > Early works to 1800
Subject	Christianity > Palestine > Maps > Early works to 1800
Subject	Palestine > Maps > Early works to 1800
Genre	Map
Genre	Cartographic image
Genre	Maps.
Genre	Early maps.

Statement of responsibility	Joannes Joansonius.
Note	Relief shown pictorially.
Note	Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian.
Note	Bar scale on map given in "Miliaria unius horae".
Note	Shows topography, drainage, boundaries of the twelve tribes of Israel, travel routes, places of historical interest.
Note	Features illustrations of a sea monster, ships, settlements, and Israelites throughout.
Note	19 pictorial vignettes at top and bottom margins: [Biblical scenes].
Note	Appears in Jansson's Atlas major. Amsterdam, 1658. Vol. X. The map is a reprint of Hondius' Situs Terrae Promissionis, after Adrichom. originally published in the Dutch edition of the author's Atlas novus, 1657-59, in vol. III.
Location	electronic resource

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