[Series of maps from Menke's Orbis antiqui descriptio]

Author(s)

Menke, Th. (Theodor), 1819-1892, Stülpnagel, F. von, Stier, C., Menke, Th. (Theodor), 1819-1892, and Justus Perthes (Firm : Gotha, Germany)

Description

[compiled by Th. Menke]. Relief shown by hachures. Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian. Bar scales on map given in "Stadia", "Schoeni", “Parasangae”, "Passus", "M.p.", and “Mil. pass. Rom.”. Includes indexes and legends. Shows topography, vegetation, drainage, boundaries, travel routes, territorial boundaries of the tribes of Israel, places of historical interest. In Latin and English. Inset maps: Map [1]: Pyramides Memphiticae : (prope Gizch) -- Thebae, Diospolis -- Regnum Davidicum atque Salomonaeum — Jerusalem -- [Jerusalem]. Map [2]: Regna Lydium, Medicum, Babylonium. Map [3]: Africae ora occidentalis Hannonis tempore. Map [4]: Troas -- Troia. Map [5]: Attica -- Forum Acropolis -- Athenae. Map [6]: Sinus Issicus -- Halicarnassus -- Tyrus -- Caucamela]. Map [8]: Regnum Alexandri Aegi (†311) et Phil. Arrhidaei (†317) -- Regna succesorum Alexandri 312 _ 301 -- Regna successorum Alexandri 294 _ 282 -- Rhodus. Map [9]: Roma : regum et reipublicae liberae temporibus -- Forum romanum]. Map [10]: Italia, Sardinia, Corsica ante adventum gallorum -- Campania. Map [11]: Sicilia, Magna Graecia belli Peloponnesiaci tempore -- Syracusae. Map [12]: Carthago -- Turdetania -- Africa : Iugurthae tempore — Africa Caesaris tempore. Map [13]: Alexandria. Map [15]: Galilaea -- Hierosolyma -- Judaea : Maccabaeorum tempore. Map [16]: Imperium romanum saeculo quarto p. ch. n. Map [17]: Roma -- Regiones urbis : IIII et VIII -- Via Domitiana, Vesuvius. Map [18]: Germania inferior. From Menke's Orbis antiqui descriptio, an atlas illustrating ancient history and geography by eighteen maps.

Collection

The Leonard and Juliet Rothman Holy Lands Map Collection

Place(s)

Palestine, Egypt, Assyria, Iran, Greece, Italy, Rome, Great Britain, Jerusalem, Europe, Palestine, Egypt, Assyria, Iran, Greece, Rome (Italy), Great Britain, Jerusalem, and Europe

Subject(s)

II, King of Persia, Cambyses, -522 B.C, the Great, Alexander, 356 B.C.-323 B.C, Jesus Christ, Bible, Geography, Twelve tribes of Israel, and Christianity

Year

19th century

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Stanford

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