Ptolemaeus, Claudius-Servetus II. Tabula nova terrae sanctae (New Table of the Holy Land)

(MAP OF HOLY LAND)

Gaspar Trechsel

(Vienna

1541)

Latin. Woodcut

Laor 614

This map from Ptolemaeus, Claudius, Geographia (Lyon: Hugo a Porta, 1541), orients to the east, and gives the portions of the twelve Tribes of Israel. It is anomalous in its portrayal of the “Mare Gallilee” (Sea of Galilee) and the “Mare Tiberiadis” (Sea of Tiberias) as two discrete bodies of water. If present hydrological trends continue and the shoreline of the Kineret continues to recede, this may be an accurate prediction of the future