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MapMap Outlining the Maritime Coasts of Arabia Felix, the Meccan Shores, and also the Red Sea, the Arabian Peninsula, Hormuz, Persia, from Sinda to the Indus River, Khambhat in India and Malabar, ...
Deliniantur in hac tabula, Orae maritimae Abexiae, freti Mecani ; al. Maris Rubri ; Arabiae, Ormi, Persiae, suprà Sindam usque Fluminis Indi, Cambaiae Indiae & Malabaris, Insulae Ceylon, Choromandeliae, & Orixae, fluvii Gangis, & Regni Bengalae, situs item Sinuum, Insularum, Scopulorum, Pulvinorum, Vadorum, profunditatumque, dictis oris adjacentium, cum genuinis Singulorum locorum Nominibus, prout ab expertissimis navium Gubernatoribus Lusitanicis, indigetantur Jan Huygen van Linschoten (1563-1611) was a Dutchman whose contributions to cartography were of great significance in breaking the Portuguese monopoly on trade and navigation in the late 16th century and in opening up southern Asia to the Dutch and later the English. As a young man, van Linschoten spent four years in Spain learning a trade. He then made his way to Lisbon,...- Contributor: Linschoten, Jan Huygen Van - Langren, Henricus F. Ab (Henricus Florentius)
- Date: 1596-01-01
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MapThe Holy and Expanded City of Jerusalem, First Known as Salem.
De Heylige en wytvermaerde stadt Ierusalem, eerst genaemt Salem Shown here is a 1756 reprint of a map of Jerusalem originally created in 1643 by Claes Janszoon Visscher (1586 or 1587-1652). It offers an imaginary, detailed bird's-eye view of the city, with 36 important locations from the Bible identified by name on a scrollwork legend held up by an eagle. The sites include Solomon's Temple (upper center), the walls and gates of the...- Contributor: Visscher, Claes Jansz
- Date: 1756-01-01
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MapKorte beschryvinge van de landschappen des werelts enz. Scales vary. Title from leather label on cover. Label has monogram E. B. de V., surmounted by a crown. Maps, not dated, intended to be bound in a Bible, but assembled in a modern half Morocco binding. The maps have privileges, not dated, for 15 years, granted to N. Visscher by the states of Holland and West Friesland. Maps 3, 4, and [5] each...
- Contributor: Broeck, Abraham Van Den - Visscher, Claes Jansz - Visscher, Nicolaes
- Date: 1660-01-01
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MapGeographic Description of the Travels of the Apostles and the Journeys of Paul, Together with the Countries and Empires Where They First Preached the Gospel.
Geographische beschryvinghe van de wandeling der Apostelen ende de reysen Pauli, Mitsgaders de Landen ende Rÿcken daer sÿ het Evangelium eerst hebben verkondight This striking map created in 1642 by Nicolaes Visscher (1618-79) shows the eastern Mediterranean and environs in the first century AD and the journey of the Apostle Paul from Jerusalem to Rome in 60--61. Nine panels surrounding the map depict major scenes from the life of Paul and the journey, including his being blinded on the road to Damascus, his baptism, his escape from...- Contributor: Visscher, Nicolaes
- Date: 1642-01-01
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MapNew and Accurate Map of Arabia, Asian Turkey, etc..
Nieuwe en naukeurige kaart van Arabien Asiatisch Turkyen enz Emanuel Bowen (circa 1694-1767) enjoyed great renown as a cartographer, engraver, and publisher of maps. His prolific output and ability was recognized to such an extent that he was official engraver both to King George II of Great Britain and to King Louis XV of France. The map presented here was created and first engraved by Bowen, and it appeared in several of his...- Contributor: Jagen, Jan Van - Bowen, Emanuel - Bachiene, Willem Albert
- Date: 1769-01-01
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MapIerusalem.
Jerusalem Relief shown pictorially. Includes index. Includes nine illustrations. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.- Contributor: Jagen, Jan Van
- Date: 1770-01-01