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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

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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

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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

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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

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Cartographer: Sebastian Munster
Title: : Liber V. : Palestina
Date: 1558 Size: 7 x 11 inches
Published: Basel
Description: A miniature woodcut map of the Holy Land, taken from the seminal 16th century work, 'Cosmographia'.
Map Ref: MEAST4023

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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

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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'. Rich original hand-colour.
Map Ref: MEAST3711

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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

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Cartographer: Samuel Purchas
Title: : Peregrinatio Israelitaru in Deserto
Date: 1625 Size: 8 x 5 inches
Published: London
Description: Early decorative map of the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt, through the desert to the Promised Land. English descriptive text below and on the verso. Coloured.
Map Ref: MEAST4357

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Cartographer: Samuel Purchas
Title: : Tabula Cananaeae
Date: 1625 Size: 8 x 6 inches
Published: London
Description: The Holy Land during Biblical times. Coloured.
Map Ref: MEAST4269

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Cartographer: Mercator Hondius
Title: : The Holyland
Date: 1635 Size: 8 x 6 inches
Published: London
Description: The Exodus of the Israelites. Rare Michael Sparke edition with English descriptive text on verso. Coloured.
Map Ref: MEAST4296

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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

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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

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Cartographer: Benito Arias Montanus
Title: : Tabula Terrae Canaan Abrahae Tempore et Anteadventum Filior Israel Cvm Vicinis et Finitimis Regionib
Date: 1660 Size: 20 x 13 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Uncommon map of the Holy Land (Canaan) at the time of Abraham. Embellished with ships and a sea monster. Many cities, rivers, and mountains are marked, though the geography is quite distorted.
Map Ref: MEAST4096

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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

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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

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