PTOLEMAEUS, Claudius (After 83- c.168 AD), translated by ANGELUS, Jacobus, edited by GERMANUS, Nicolaus.
Tabula Moderna Terre Sancte.
Woodcut engraving with original hand color.
Ulm: Lienhart Holle, 1482 or later.
16 1/2" x 22 1/4" sheet, 21 1/2" x 27" framed.
Very Rare.The first modern map of the Holy Land. The map was published in the first atlas printed outside Italy and the first atlas illustrated with woodcut maps.
"The map is orientated to the east, and shows the whole of Palestine on both sides of the Jordan divided into the 12 Tribes. The shore line runs from Sidon to Gaza. South of a fantasy Carmel Mountain there is a big island, called the Castle of the Pilgrims (Atlit of today), and a similar but smaller island north of Jaffa called Assur. The Carmel Mountain is misshapen. The Jordan River in its wide meanderings is shown as a thin line" (Laor).