MANASSEH

Land of the Tribe of Manesseh, from the River Jordan to the Mediterranean. Coat of arms of Manasseh at lower right. Dedication to and arms of ‘Guilelmo Parker’ at lower left, decorated scale at lower centre. Biblical scenes represented on map. “ 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