Chapel I of V
The Holy Land
Maps of Canaan, Palestine and the Twelve Tribes, and plans and views of Jerusalem, from Bünting's woodcut of about 1581 to Blaeu, Jansson, Sanson, De Wit, Homann and the Bible atlases of the 18th and 19th centuries. The strongest part of the collection and the one most collectors start with.
128 prints
The Holy Land · MDCXLII
Blaeu Holy Land Map, Terra Sancta Palestina, Figural Cartouche, 1642
1642 · 59 × 50 cm£6,155
The Holy Land · MDCLVIII
1658 Large Map of the Holy Land by Jansson, Twelve Tribes of Israel in 6 Sheets
1658 · 47 × 71.5 cm£3,140
The Holy Land · MDCCII
Antique Map of the City of Jerusalem by N. Visscher, 1702
1702 · 68.5 × 53 cm£2,930
The Holy Land · MDCXXIX
Antique Blaeu Holy Land Map, Terra Sancta Palestina, 1629
1629 · 62.3 × 48.4 cm£2,930
The Holy Land · MDCXCVI
Holy Land Map of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, Sanson, Hand Colored, 1696
1696 · 69 × 47.7 cm£1,615
The Holy Land · MDCCL
1750 Map of the Holy Land: The Land of Canaan and the Twelve Tribes
1750 · 66.5 × 52.3 cm£1,360
The Holy Land · MDCXXXII
1632 Decorative Map of the Holy Land, Insets of Jerusalem and Biblical Artefacts
1632 · 86.7 × 39.2 cm£1,360
The Holy Land · MDCCVIII
Spectacular Antique Original Engraving of a Town Plan of Jerusalem, 1708
1708 · 52.3 × 43 cm£1,145
The Holy Land · MDCLXX
Frederic de Wit Map of Palestine, Terra Sancta, Amsterdam c.1670
1670 · 55.7 × 46 cm£1,070
The Holy Land
Antique Map of the Holy Land, Showing the Location of the Various Tribes
Date not stated · 60.5 × 52 cm£1,020
The Holy Land · MDCCXX
Biblical Map and Family Trees of the Holy Land by Chatelain, ca. 1720
1720 · 63 × 55 cm£1,020
The Holy Land · MDCC
Antique Holy Land Map, Twelve Tribes of Israel, Covens & Mortier, c.1700
1700 · 47 × 40 cm£1,020
The Holy Land · MDCXX
Holy Land Map, Terra Sancta Palestina, Hondius, Hand-Colored Engraving c.1620
1620 · 49 × 34.5 cm£1,010
The Holy Land · MDCLVIII
17th Century Woodcut Map of Jerusalem from Abraham Saur’s Städte-Buch, 1658
1658 · 14 × 18.4 cm£1,010
The Holy Land · MDCCVIII
Rare Town Plan of Jerusalem, Includes an Extensive Key to Locations etc, 1708
1708 · 49.5 × 41.5 cm£975
The Holy Land · MDLXXXI
Rare 16th Century Holy Land Woodcut Map by Heinrich Bünting, circa 1581
1581 · 21.8 × 31.8 cm£975
The Holy Land · MDCCXLIII
Antique Bible Plan of Ancient Jerusalem, 1743
1743 · 54 × 39.5 cm£970
The Holy Land · MDCCL
Antique French Map of the Holy Land, Twelve Tribes of Israel, c.1750
1750 · 68 × 51 cm£935
The Holy Land · MDCCCXVIII
Antique Map of Biblical Palestine, Holy Land & Jerusalem Insets, c.1818
1818 · 72.5 × 54.5 cm£935
The Holy Land · MDCCXXXII
1732 Henri Chatelain Map of the Holy Land Divided Among the Tribes of Israel
1732 · 63 × 55 cm£840
The Holy Land · MDCCXLIV
Holy Land Map Palestine Homann Heirs, Hand Colored, c.1744
1744 · 63.8 × 54 cm£840
The Holy Land · MDCXXV
1625 Petrus Plancius / Cloppenburg Map of the Holy Land with Biblical Vignettes
1625 · 52 × 39 cm£805
The Holy Land · MDCCXX
1720 Bird's-Eye View of Jerusalem with Historical Tombs and Key Landmarks
1720 · 55 × 48.5 cm£805
The Holy Land
Antique Map of the Holy Land with Picture Frame Border
Date not stated · 43.2 × 29.6 cm£745
The Holy Land · MDCCLXVII
1767 D’Anville Map of the Holy Land: Ancient Divisions and Biblical Geography
1767 · 70.5 × 52.5 cm£745
The Holy Land · MDCLX
Antique Map of the Holy Land Described in the Old and New Testament, ca.1660
1660 · 54.5 × 41 cm£720
The Holy Land · MDCXLVIII
Beautiful Rare Antique Map of the Holy Land, 1648
1648 · 50.5 × 34.5 cm£715
The Holy Land · MDCLXXXVI
Circa 1686 Daniel Stoopendaal Map: Biblical Sites from Paradise to Canaan
1686 · 46.49 × 30.23 cm£715
The Holy Land
Promised Land of Canaan, Antique Map of Israel with Biblical Scenes, van Jagen
Date not stated · 49 × 36 cm£670
The Holy Land · MDCLXXX
Judaea or Terra Sancta, Twelve Tribes of Israel, Sanson Map, c.1680
1680 · 58 × 48.5 cm£670
The Holy Land · MDCCL
Bird's-Eye Plan of Jerusalem in Israël, a Rare Original Engraving, 1750
1750 · 39.6 × 48.7 cm£635
The Holy Land
17th-Century Map of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem by Melchior Tavernier
Date not stated · 58 × 44 cm£610
The Holy Land · MDCCXVIII
1718 Holy Land Map, Twelve Tribes, Six Provinces, Hand-Colored, Antique Map
1718 · 44 × 35.5 cm£605
The Holy Land · MDCCLXXXII
Original Rare Map of the Holy Land Showing the Twelve Tribes of Israel's, 1782
1782 · 54.8 × 37.5 cm£585
The Holy Land · MDLXXX
Mercator's Ptolemaic Map of the Holy Land, Cyprus and Syria, circa 1580
1580 · 50.2 × 39.7 cm£585
The Holy Land · MDXCIX
Rare 16th Century Map of the Holy Land and Palestine by Matthias Quad, ca.1599
1599 · 36.5 × 26.5 cm£585
The Holy Land · MDCCIX
Original Antique Map of Canaan, Armenia, Syria, Mesopotamia and Arabia, 1709
1709 · 37.8 × 25 cm£575
The Holy Land · MDCCCLVI
Turkey in Asia: Biblical Regions and the Holy Land from The Royal Atlas (1856)
1856 · 47.3 × 58.3 cm£560
The Holy Land · MDCL
Antique Biblical Map of the Holy Land, Janssonius Abraham Isaac Jacob, c. 1650
1650 · 63 × 52.8 cm£560
The Holy Land · MDCXCVIII
Antique Detailed Map of Jerusalem in Israël with Extensive Key and Scale, 1698
1698 · 30.5 × 38.5 cm£550
The Holy Land · MDCCXXV
Bird's Eye Plan of the Ancient City of Jerusalem Based on Old Records, c.1725
1725 · 42.5 × 51.3 cm£545
The Holy Land
Moullart-Sanson Map of the Holy Land and Sacred Geography of the Old Testament
Date not stated · 79 × 54 cm£545
The Holy Land · MDCCXX
1720 Maps of the Holy Land: Ancient and Modern by De Fer and Danet
1720 · 36.5 × 46 cm£545
The Holy Land · MDCCXX
Hand-Colored Map of the Holy Land Divided Among the Twelve Tribes, c.1720
1720 · 57.2 × 49 cm£545
The Holy Land · MDLX
Jerusalem, Holy City View, Early Renaissance Woodcut, c.1560
1560 · 38.7 × 30.5 cm£525
The Holy Land · MDCCL
Old Map of Arabian Peninsula and Canaan, Highlighting Biblical Territories, 1750
1750 · 42.5 × 55.5 cm£485
The Holy Land · MDCCXXXV
Antique View of Jaffa (Ioppen) Holy Land Engraving, Müller 1735
1735 · 20.5 × 16.2 cm£485
The Holy Land
Antique Map of the Holy Land, showing the travels of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
Date not stated · 60.7 × 51.3 cm£475
About the Holy Land
For three centuries the map of the Holy Land was one of the most printed maps in Europe. It was bound into Bibles and atlases so that readers could follow the journeys of the patriarchs, the Exodus, the conquest of Canaan and the life of Christ. The most popular form divides the land among the Twelve Tribes of Israel; others trace the forty years in the wilderness or show Jerusalem as it was believed to have looked in the time of Solomon or of Christ.
This chapel holds Holy Land maps from the woodcut age of Bünting and Quad, through the Dutch golden age of Blaeu, Hondius, Jansson and De Wit, to the French and German maps of Sanson, De l'Isle and Homann, with plans and views of Jerusalem and 19th century views of Bethlehem, Nazareth, Jericho and the Sea of Galilee.
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Questions
Why are there so many maps of the Twelve Tribes?
Because the division of Canaan among the tribes in the Book of Joshua gave mapmakers a clear, colourful structure that every Bible reader recognised. It was copied, refined and reissued from the 16th to the 19th century.
Are Holy Land maps accurate?
They are as accurate as Scripture, Josephus and the travellers' reports allowed. Many early maps are oriented with east or west at the top and show places from different periods at once; that is part of their interest.