Cartographer:
FULLER, Thomas
Engraver:
W. Marshall
Title:
REUBEN
Stock Code:
3072
Method:
Copper engraving
Colouring:
Later colour
Atlas:
Pisgah’s Sight of Palestine
Size: (W x H):
33cm x 28cm
13 inches x 11 inches
Date:
1650
Price:
£195
Map of the Land of the Tribe of Reuben, where the River Jordan meets the Dead Sea. Dramatic biblical scenes represented on map. Shield of the Tribe of Reuben at centre left. “ From the seventeenth century onwards various works were issued which dealt with the ancient world, such works were very popular. Perhaps the one with the most quaint and decorative series of maps is that in Thomas Fuller’s Pisgah’s Sight of Palestine..” (Tooley: Maps and Mapmakers, p. 104)
Fine condition