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Map Second Map of Sacred Geography Gathered from the Old and New Testaments: This Map Shows the Promised Land Divided into Its Tribes and Regions. Geographiae Sacrae ex V. & N. Test. desumptae, Tabula secunda in qua Terra Promissa in suas Tribus Partesque divisa

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Title

  • Second Map of Sacred Geography Gathered from the Old and New Testaments: This Map Shows the Promised Land Divided into Its Tribes and Regions.

Other Title

  • Geographiae Sacrae ex V. & N. Test. desumptae, Tabula secunda in qua Terra Promissa in suas Tribus Partesque divisa

Summary

  • This hand-colored map of the Holy Land is a reprint of a map that appeared in the 1662 edition of Nicolas Sanson's Geographia sacra (Sacred geography), first published in 1653. Sanson (1600-67) is considered by many to be the founder of the French school of cartography. The map was published in Amsterdam in 1704 by François Halma (1653-1722), a Dutch bookseller and publisher who started a business in Utrecht, later moved to Amsterdam, and finally settled in Leeuwarden.

Names

  • Eland, Hendrik Contributor.
  • Halma, François, 1653-1722 Contributor.
  • Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667 Creator.

Created / Published

  • Amsterdam : Franciscus Halma, 1704.

Headings

  • -  Israel
  • -  1704

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: Copperplate; 390 x 497 millimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of Israel.
  • -  Content in Latin.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668396

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Eland, Hendrik Contributor, François Halma, and Nicolas Sanson. Second Map of Sacred Geography Gathered from the Old and New Testaments: This Map Shows the Promised Land Divided into Its Tribes and Regions. Amsterdam: Franciscus Halma, 1704. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668396/.

APA citation style:

Eland, H. C., Halma, F. & Sanson, N. (1704) Second Map of Sacred Geography Gathered from the Old and New Testaments: This Map Shows the Promised Land Divided into Its Tribes and Regions. Amsterdam: Franciscus Halma. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668396/.

MLA citation style:

Eland, Hendrik Contributor, François Halma, and Nicolas Sanson. Second Map of Sacred Geography Gathered from the Old and New Testaments: This Map Shows the Promised Land Divided into Its Tribes and Regions. Amsterdam: Franciscus Halma, 1704. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668396/>.