Afbeelding van de Veertich-Iaarige Reyse der Kinderen Israels uyt Egypten [“Illustration of the Forty Years’ Wanderings of the Israelites from Egypt… to the Land of Canaan.”]

CORNELIUS, DANCKERTS

Amsterdam, c. 1700

Hand-colored copperplate map.

Laor 803.

Based on Visscher’s 1659 map, the Levant is shown from Damascus in the north to the Egyptian coast in the south. Various Biblical scenes are depicted, such as a smoking Mount Sinai and Solomon’s ships embarking from the shores of Eilat in search of gold. Depicted below the map is the Encampment of the Israelites and the Temple vessels.