De Gelegentheyt van't Paradys ende t'Landt Canaan, mitsgaders de eerst bewoonde Landen der Patriarchen, uyt de H. Schristure en verscheyden auctoren by een gestdlt / [cartographic material]

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Title: De Gelegentheyt van't Paradys ende t'Landt Canaan, mitsgaders de eerst bewoonde Landen der Patriarchen, uyt de H. Schristure en verscheyden auctoren by een gestdlt / [cartographic material]
Creator: Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679 , cartographer
Contributor: Broeck, Abraham van den, engraver.
Published / Created: ca. 1660]
Publication Place: Amsterdam and Netherlands Amsterdam
Publisher: Nicolaes Visscher
Description: BEIN 1983 Folio 19: Imperfect: illustrations at top cut-out and replaced with ms. titles "Asia et Armenia minor" (upper left) and "Armenia minor" (in upper right); torn along fold and at left edge, with some loss of text. Sheet measures 32 x 47.8 cm. Reinforced along edges with printed waste. No. 85 of 92 maps bound together.
Relief shown pictorially.
Shows the Middle East from Assyria to the Mediterranean, delineating the route taken by Abraham from Ur to Haran. Paradise is located east of Babel.
Illustration upper left corner shows Adam and Eve in Paradise; illustration in upper right corner shows the expulsion by the Angel.
Enlarged scale copy of the 1645 copy. Changes are omission of Abraham illustration and the fisherman has been replaced with a fishing boy.
Blank on verso.
Includes two ill. of passages from the book of Genesis.
Extent: 1 map ; 31.4 x 47.2 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Scale: Scale [ca. 1:4,500,000]
Coordinates: (E 31⁰30ʹ--E 51⁰0ʹ/N 39⁰0ʹ--N 28⁰0ʹ).
Language: Dutch

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: 1983 Folio 19

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Maps
Early works to 1800
Printed waste (Binding)
Subject (Geographic): Bible
Palestine
Middle East
Subject (Topic): Geography
Subjects: Bible > Geography > Maps > Early works to 1800
Palestine > Geography > Maps > Early works to 1800
Middle East > Maps > Early works to 1800

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Identifiers

Catalog Record: 9593417
Object ID (OID): 2068049