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Browse All : World Atlas from 1655
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Author
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673, publisher.
Note
1 map : copperplate engraving on 8 sheets, hand colour. Oriented with north at the left. Inset map of the journeys of Abraham in the top left corner, titled 'PEREGRINATIO ABRAHÆ'. Inset map of Moses' Exodus in the top right, titled 'ITINERA ET MANSIONES DESERTI.' Map dotted with numerous biblical and hagiographic episodes, for example St George's fight against the dragon, Noli Me Tangere, and the Sacrifice of Elijah. Map set above Latin and Dutch descriptions of the Holy Land, both carrying Blaeu's imprint.
Author
[Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667, Sanson, Guillaume (1633-1703)]
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