“Iudaea seu Palaestina ob sacratissima Redemtoris vestigia hodie dicta Terra Sancta prout olim In Duodecim Tribus Divisa separatis ab invicem Regnis Iuda et Israel …” Double-page hand-colored copperplate map.

HOMANN, JOHANN BAPTIST

Nuremberg, first edition 1707 (or later)

Laor 340; Nebenzahl 144-45.

Drawn after Sanson, this is one of Homann’s earliest maps and reflects the engraving style and detail which is indicative of the his work early in his career. The Holy Land is divided into 12 tribes, with large inset map in the lower right corner that shows the wanderings of Moses in the desert set within cartouche including the Biblical spies.