Heinrich Bunting (1545 - 1606). From Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae... Leipzig: Johan Beyer for Johan Franck, 1585. 12 x 14 1/2 inches

First published in 1581, Bunting's celebrated biblical geography includes his famous world map showing the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa on a clover leaf projection with Jerusalem at the center, the eastern coast of South America appears on the far left, England and Scandinavia in the north (Shirley 142). The ocean contains several mermaids, sea-monsters and a beautiful ship off the coast of America. Other maps of the Holy Land, Egypt, and views of Jerusalem and the Temple of Solomon. The "Itinerarium" was an exceedingly popular work, running to ten editions in seven languages over a period of seventy years from its first publication.