Palestine 1584

[Additamentum III. Latin edition].Copper engraving.; Relief shown pictorially.; The map was drawn by Sgrooten based on geographical research of Peter Laicksteen.; Map oriented with North toward the left and shows the coastline from Gaza northward to Beirut. The Jordan River is depicted erroneously with a huge bend to the east between the two inland seas.; Title in decorative cartouche with 3 circle medallions of the life of Jesus showing his birth, the cruxificion, and the resurrection.; Scale also in decorative cartouche at top left.; The entire map is enclosed in a border with a simple design which was made to resemble a picture frame. Two ships and a sea monster illustrated in the Mediterranean Sea area.; Bodies of water have stippling for the inland seas with area behind text left blank.; Geographic coordinates derived from a modern map of the area.; Includes Latin text in letterpress on verso without page number. Map date based on the last line of Latin text in italic, "cium exequatur. Per Christum Dominum nostrum, Amen." (Koeman's 31:030)--cf. Van den Broecke.; From: Ortelius Theatrum orbis terrarum, additamentum III. ed. in Latin -- Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1584. Electronic reproduction also available from George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida (http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00003767). Koeman-Krogt. Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, 8150:31C Van den Broecke, Ort 173 Laor, E. Maps of the Holy Land, 543 Karrow, 70/10.2 Phillips, 389; From the Maps of the Holy Land collection of Kenneth Nebenzahl.Color;1:600,00