Canaan
- Author(s)
- Speed, John, 1552?-1629, More, John, -1592, and Barker, Robert, -1645
- Description
- begun by John More ; continued and finished by John Speede. Relief shown pictorially. Latitudinal and longitudinal lines. Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian. Bar scale on map given in "Miles". Shows topography, drainage, travel routess, places of historical interest. Illustrations of a ship, sea creatures, compass rose, biblical events, settlements, and emblems of the tribes of Israel throughout. 2 decorative cartouches with illustrations of holy men. 7 pictorial vignettes surrounding inset map: [Biblical symbols and artificats]. Includes index: [Sites of interest pertaining to the tribes of Israel]. Descriptive text throughout: [Biblical verses] -- To the Christian reader. Inset map: Jerusalem. Appears in Speed's The genealogies recorded in the Sacred Scriptures, in The book of common prayer. London : Robert Barker, 1611.
- Publisher
- [Robert Barker],
- Collection
- The Leonard and Juliet Rothman Holy Lands Map Collection
- Place(s)
- Palestine and Jerusalem
- Subject(s)
- Bible, Geography, Twelve tribes of Israel, and Christianity
- Held by
- Stanford
- More details at
- https://purl.stanford.edu/hj482mr9250
- Use and reproduction
- This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
- Copyright
- Images from the Leonard and Juliet Rothman Holy Lands Map Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
