Cartographer:
FULLER, Thomas
Title:
ISSACHAR
Stock Code:
3074
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 tribes of Zebulon, Issachar and Manasses, from the River Jordan to the Mediterranean. Dramatic biblical scenes represented on map. Shield of the Tribe of Issachar left of centre lower edge. “ 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