This hand-colored copperplate map of the Holy Land, featuring notable cities from the Bible, appeared in <i>Le theatre du monde ou nouvel atlas </i>(Theater of the world, or new atlas), a work by Jan Jansson (1588-1664) that was published in Amsterdam circa 1658. It depicts the kingdoms of Judea and Israel, along with territory stretching north to present-day Beirut and land on both sides of the Jordan River as far south as the Dead Sea. It also includes a key to major cities, priestly towns, and towns belonging to the Philistines. The map is an exact copy of the “Typus chorographicus” of Abraham Ortelius (1527-98), which was adapted from a map by the German cartographer, geographer, and mathematician Tilemann Stella (circa 1525-89). This map was first published by Jansson in 1652 in his <i>Accuratissima orbis antiqui delineation </i>(Atlas of the ancient world)<i>.</i>
Horn, Georg
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