Copper engraving with later hand colouring. Overall size: 55.6 cms x 43.2cms ; 518mm x 388mm. Small archival repair at centrefold 3mm, virtually invisible from the front and three small repairs top margin away from the image else very good condition indeed. This map of the Holy Land appeared in the last edition of Speed's atlas, A Prospect Of The Most Famous Parts Of The World. The map was based on material assembled by John Moreas a note on the map indicates; John More was a celebrated Cambridge scholar and divine who died in 1592, Speed acquired More's unpublished delineation and perfected it . There is a large inset plan of Jerusalem, surrounded by sacred objects used in the Temple. The route of the Exodus is shown, as are the Tribes of Israel, and a long annotation points out a further fifty places of particular importance. Small vignettes throughout the map depict biblical scenes. The title is flanked by images of Moses and Aaron. It was engraved by Renolde Elstrake and first appeared in Speed's Geneologies of the Holy Scriptures and Robert Barker's edition of the King James Bible. Here Elstrake's imprint is removed. The territory from the Nile Delta to Byblus in Northern Phoenicia is depicted and the system of rivers and seas is especially detailed. Both the Dead Sea and the Sea of Glilee are unusual in shape, and for one of the few times since Burchard in the thirteenth century, no river connects the Sea of Galilee with the Mediterranean .Nebenzahl, K (Holy Land) 39
| Subject | Palestine |
|---|---|
| Map maker | Speed, John |
| Publisher | A Prospect Of The Most Famous Parts Of The World |
| Published at year | 1676 |
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