Collection of Maps of Palestine and Its Surroundings – 16th-19th Centuries

Approx. 75 maps depicting Palestine and the area of the Mediterranean basin – woodcuts and engravings (many of them hand-colored), from travelogues and other books, most of them from Europe, from the 16th-19th centuries.
Collection of engravings and woodcuts with maps of Palestine and Middle Eastern countries, by the most important cartographers of Europe: Ortelius, Adrichom, Kruik, Jansson, Nicolas, Sanson and more.
The collection includes:
* Turcici imperii description, map of Palestine, countries of the Mediterranean basin and middle eastern countries, from the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum [Theater of the World] Atlas, by the cartograph Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598). [Antwerp, 1575].
* Situs Terrae Promissionis SS Bibliorum Intelligentiam Exacte Aperiens, map of Palestine by Christian van Adrichom. [Amsterdam, ca. 1590].
* Het Beloofde Landt Canaan Door Wandelt van Onsen Salichmaecker Iesu Christo Neffens Syne Apostelen, map of Palestine, by Nicolaes Visscher (1618-1679).
* Terra Promissa In Sortes Seu Tribus XII Distincta, map of Palestine divided according to the estates of the Tribes, by Phillipe De La Rue, published by Covens & Mortier's.
* Terra Sancta Christi et Deiparae patria utriusque sacris vestigiis atque favoribus hodieque illustrata. 1699, map of the Mediterranean basin, from Atlas Marianus by Heinrich Scherer (1628-1704).
* A New Mapp of the Mediterranean Sea by Nicholas Sanson (1600-1667).
* Castra metatio oder Zeichnung der Lager-Ordnung, nach welcher XII. Stämme des Volks Gottes, a map depicting the Twelve Tribes in the desert, according to how they camped around the Tabernacle, by Christoph Weigel (1654-1735).
* And more.
Approx. 75 maps. Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. Several maps are in fair-bad condition, with long tears.