Terra Sancta

Responsibility: a Petro Laicstain perlustrata ; et ab eius ore e t schedis à Christiano Schrot in tabulam redacta.
Publication: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1587]
Physical description: 1 map : hand colored copper engraving ; 38 x 51 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: Laicksteen, Peter, active approximately 1556-1570, cartographer.
Contributor: Sgrooten, Christian, approximately 1525-1603, engraver.

Subjects

Subjects: Christianity > Palestine > Maps > Early works to 1800.; Palestine > Maps > Early works to 1800.
Genre: Maps; Early maps.

Bibliographic information

Publication date: 1587
Map data: Scale not determined (E 33°37'00"--E 36°49'00"/N 34°17'00"--N 30°00'00").; In decimal degrees: (E 033.62--E 036.83/N 034.29--N 030.01).
Note: Relief shown pictorially.; Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian.; Bar scale on map given in "Horae itineris".; Shows topography, drainage, boundaries, places of historical interest.; Features 2 decorative cartouches with illustrations of biblical events and a pictorial vignette with sailors, ships, and a sea monster.; Descriptive text throughout.
Related items: Appears in Théâtre de l'univers. 1587.