"Perigrinatie ofte Veertich Iarige Reyse der Kinderen Israels, uyt Egipten, door de Roode Zee ende de Woestyne, tot in't Beloofde Landt Canaan...", Meurs, Jacob van

This stunning map depicts the forty years' wandering of the Children of Israel from Egypt through the desert and into the Promised Land. The map is oriented with north to the right and covers the shoreline from the Nile Delta to Biblium just north of Sidon. The lower part of the map is elaborately engraved with a scene of the encampment and Moses receiving the Ten Commandments at Mt. Sinai. Adam, Eve, Cane and Abel flank the title cartouche. The map is further decorated with a convoy of ships bringing cedar for the building of Solomon's Temple and Jonah and the whale in the Mediterranean, and King Solomon's fleet in the Red Sea. Van Meurs' map is based on Visscher's map of the same title.

References: Laor #232.

Condition: A

A sharp impression, issued folding, now flattened on a bright sheet. The margins at right, left and bottom have been professionally extended to accommodate framing.