Atlas minor sive Geographia compendiosa in qua orbis terrarum paucis attamen novissimis tabulis ostenditu... (1730) - Page 19

A detailed, hand-colored engraved map of Judea and the Holy Land divided into the tribal territories of Israel.

Cartouche (Top Left): An elaborate decorative cartouche features Moses on the left holding the tablets of the Law and Aaron on the right in high priestly robes with a smoking censer. Above them, two angels hold a large draped cloth containing the title text.

Map Content: The map shows the region from the Mediterranean Sea (labeled "GREAT SEA, also called the WESTERN") to the desert regions in the east. The territories of the twelve tribes are distinguished by different colors: Simeon (yellow), Judah (pink, labeled "KINGDOM OF JUDAH"), Dan (green), Benjamin (blue), Ephraim (pink), Gad (green), Reuben (yellow), Manasseh (divided into two regions, green and pink), Issachar (blue), Zebulun (green), Naphtali (pink), and Asher (yellow). Major geographical features like the Jordan River, the Sea of Galilee, and the Dead Sea (also called the Salt Sea) are clearly marked.

Scale Bar (Bottom Right): An illustration shows two men carrying a massive cluster of grapes on a pole between them (a biblical reference to the spies returning from Canaan). They stand before a set of distance scales with five different units of measurement.

JUDEA or HOLY LAND

which is the

HEBREW or ISRAELITE

LAND

DIVIDED INTO ITS TWELVE TRIBES.

with the separate Kingdoms of

JUDAH and ISRAEL.

further expressing the six cities

of refuge; as well as various diverse

provinces of the same land at that time

from the Geographical Endeavors of

Guillaume Sanson

Son of Nicolas, Geographer to the

Most Christian King of France

In Amsterdam at the shop of Peter Schenk

With Privilege

Major Regional and Tribal Labels

GREAT SEA, also called the WESTERN
E MATH (North)
Geshur
TRIBE OF NAPHTALI
TRIBE OF ASHER
TRIBE OF ZEBULUN
TRIBE OF ISSACHAR
HALF-TRIBE OF MANASSEH (Beyond the Jordan)
HALF-TRIBE OF MANASSEH (This side of the Jordan)
SAMARIA
TRIBE OF EPHRAIM
TRIBE OF GAD
TRIBE OF BENJAMIN
TRIBE OF DAN
TRIBE OF SIMEON
TRIBE OF REUBEN
KINGDOM OF JUDAH
REGION OF THE AMMONITES
REGION OF THE MOABITES
DEAD SEA, also called the SALT SEA
EDOM, which is also IDUMEA
ARABIAN DESERT

Scale Bar Legend

Roman Miles
Greek Stadia
French Leagues or Hours of Travel
Day's Journey
Persian Parasangs