Lvmen historiarvm per occidentem

Responsibility: ex conatibus Fran. Haraei.
Publication: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1624]
Physical description: 1 map : hand colored copper engraving ; 27 x 35 cm
Collection: Leonard and Juliet Rothman Holy Land Map Collection

Digital content

Context

Item belongs to a collection

The Leonard and Juliet Rothman Holy Lands Map Collection

Images from the Leonard and Juliet Rothman Holy Lands Map Collection, a collection of 956 maps, atlases, and books of the Holy Lands from the 16th to the 20th century published primarily in Europe and the United States.

Digital collection: 485 digital items
Physical collection: 483 total items

Description

Creators/Contributors

Author/Creator: Haraeus, Franciscus, -1632, cartographer.

Subjects

Subjects: Bible > Geography > Maps > Early works to 1800.; Christianity > Europe > Maps > Early works to 1800.; Europe > Maps > Early works to 1800.
Genre: Maps; Early maps.

Bibliographic information

Publication date: 1624
Title variation: Lumen historiarum per occidentem
Map data: Scale not determined (W 11°25'00"--E 26°27'00"/N 52°40'00"--N 29°11'00").; In decimal degrees: (W 011.43--E 026.46/N 052.67--N 029.19).
Note: Relief shown pictorially.; Latitudinal and longitudinal lines.; Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian.; Includes a bar scale: "Diurna 10 horarum".; Shows topography, drainage, islands off coast, boundaries, places of historical interest.; Features illustrations of a sea monster and ship.; Descriptive text surrounding map: Loca occidentis in Bibliis sacris martyrologio...