Samuel Purchas: Paradisus
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Cartographer:
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Samuel Purchas
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Title:
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Paradisus
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Date:
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1625
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Published:
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London
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Width:
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8 inches / 21 cm
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Height:
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6 inches / 16 cm
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Map ref:
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MEAST4307
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Description:
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| Curious map of the Holy Land and Mesopotamia purporting to show the location of the Garden of Eden, or Paradise. Features a large vignette of Adam and Eve with the Tree of Knowledge. 17th-century scholars believed that Paradise was located along the banks of the Tigris River in central Iraq. The travelogue on the verso of the page describes a voyage through the region, including a trip to the Island of Eden which is located 12 miles upriver from ancient Nineveh. Coloured. [MEAST4307] |