MAKE A MEME View Large Image Anville Map of Israel, Palestine or the Holy Land in Ancient Times - Geographicus - IsraelPalestine-anville-1794.jpg A large and dramatic J B B D'Anville map of Palestine Israel or the Holy Land Covers from the ancient city of Sidon in ...
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Keywords: 1794 Anville Map of Israel, Palestine or the Holy Land in Ancient Times - Geographicus - IsraelPalestine-anville-1794.jpg A large and dramatic J B B D'Anville map of Palestine Israel or the Holy Land Covers from the ancient city of Sidon in modern day Lebanon south as far the city of Gaza and Egypt Details mountains rivers cities roadways and lakes with political divisions highlighted in outline color Features three insets The upper left inset details the lands claimed by each of the Tribes of Israel The lower left inset features a plan of Jerusalem as it may have looked in antiquity Notes the Temple Calvary and the Mount of Olives A further inset in the lower right quadrant shows distances between various ancient cities in the region Title area appears in a raised zone above the map proper Includes eight distance scales bottom right referencing various measurement systems common in antiquity Text in Latin and English In the wide margin to the left of the map is a note in manuscript concerning the activities of Richard the Lionheart during the Third Crusade This can easily be matted out but we found it interesting so included it in the image above Drawn by J B B D'Anville in 1762 and published in 1794 by Laurie and Whittle London dated 1767 published 1794 Size in 18 15 5 object history credit line accession number IsraelPalestine-anville-1794 D'Anville J B B <i>Complete Body of Ancient Geography</i> Laurie and Whittle London 1795 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps of ancient Israel Old maps of the Holy Land 1767 maps Maps in Latin Maps in English Maps of the Old City of Jerusalem Maps of the Tribes of Israel
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