From Jan Janssonius, Novus Atlas (Amsterdam, 1658),Vol. VI. Six sheets. Hand-colored

(MAP OF THE HOLY LAND).

Not examined out of frame

Laor 343-349

This exceptionally large, impressive complete map of the Holy Land orients to the east, showing the divisions of the Twelve Tribes of Israel on both sides of the River Jordan. The coastline runs from Sidon, Lebanon at left to Rhinocorura, Egypt at right. Offshore, not far from the port of Joppa or Japha, one spies a ship holding Jonah about to be cast into the jaws of the whale. There are two cartouches: The one at top left contains the Wanderings of Abraham ("Peregrinatio Abrahae"); the other at top right, the Journies and Mansions of the Desert ("Itinera et mansiones deserti"), i.e. the wanderings of the Israelites in the Sinai Wilderness