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Terrae Sanctae Tabula e Scripturae Sacrae, Flavii Josephi, Eusebii et Divi Heironymi …
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Guillaume Delisle
Title
Terrae Sanctae Tabula e Scripturae Sacrae, Flavii Josephi, Eusebii et Divi Heironymi …
Description
English: A beautiful example of Guillaume and Joseph De L'Isle's 1762 decorative map of the Holy Land, including Israel and Palestine. In two sheets, covers the region from Gaza and the Dead Sea north to Sidon (modern Lebanon) and Damascus.
  • This map includes the modern day countries of Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. It names countless biblical locations including the lands claimed by the Tribes of Israel. We can also find the locations of several of the Old Testament's more mysterious cities including Sodom and Gomorra. An elaborate title cartouche in the upper left hadn quadrant features the Tables of Moses, a sensor, and other religious artifacts. Drawn by Guillaume and Joseph De L'Isle for issue as plate nos. 40-41 in Jean Lattre's 1776 issue of the Atlas Moderne .
Date 1762 (dated)
Dimensions height: 28 in (71.1 cm); width: 20 in (50.8 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,28U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,20U218593
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Geographicus link: TerraeSanctae-delisle-1763
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Lattre, Jean, Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes sur Toutes les Parties du Globe Terrestre, c. 1775.

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