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Lavishly decorated, hand-colored map of the Holy Land that depicts the flight from Egypt and the wanderings of the Israelites. At the upper right is a title scrollwork cartouche with flanked by putti. Ships sail in both the Mediterranean and Red Seas; there is also a scene of Jonah and the whale. In the lower cartouches are small vignettes or insets of scared religious icons and instruments, depictions of Moses and Aaron, and a city plan. Relief is shown pictorially. Dutch text on verso.


cartography
1680-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Visscher, Nicholas
laid paper; ink; color wash
15 in x 20 3/4 in
Netherlands: Amsterdam