Obj. ID: 56607
  Comparative & Miscellaneous  Situs Terrae Promissionis, Amsterdam, 1639

The following description was prepared by William Gross:

Maps of the Holy Land were very popular starting in the 16th century.  They were printed both separately and in atlases. While only a small percentage of such maps were for the Jewish market, all have them have become included in the general subject of Judaica.

In many cases a map of the Holy Land was a subject. This finely done example is designed by Henricus Hondius, a member of one of the great cartographer families of all times, working in Amsterdam, and is one of the most beautiful maps from the period. It is based largely on a map of the Holy Land by Christian van Adrichom, first published in 1590. This map was published in no less than six editions in the 29 years following its first appearance in 1633. Such maps were based on only the roughest of scientific knowledge, and so appear to us today to be largely imaginary. Many of them were hand colored, as is this example. The delicacy of the engraving and the fineness of the design mark these maps as works of art as well as cartographic documents. One of the engravers, Salomon Rogeri, was a known engraver of maps in the 17th century.

Engraver:                         Engraved by Sim. Hammers-veldt

Engraver:                         Engraved by Salomon Rogeri