“Tabula Geographica in qua Israelitarum, ab Aegypto ad Kenahanaeam usqve profectiones…” Double-page copperplate map.

DANCKERTS, CORNELIUS

Amsterdam, 1646

Laor 792.

From the Dutch Bible: “Dese Kaerte wert gestelt voor het 33. Capittel Numeri.” Map of the Holy Land delineating the peregrination of the Jews numbered chronologically. Miniature illustrations include the crossing of the Red Sea, Moses receiving the Tablets and the Golden Calf. Also of interest: A fleet of ships bringing the cedars for Solomon’s Temple and Jonah alongside the whale. At bottom right a series of diagrams: Aaron the High Priest, the Temple vessels, the encampment of the Tribes surrounding the Tabernacle.