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Palestine, Tribes, and Jerusalem

Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville (1697-1782) was one of the most important French geographers of the 18th century. He worked during the reigns of Louis XV and Louis XVI. D’Anville’s approach to geography was geometric; he believed that man’s presence was worthy of acknowledgement only insofar as it helped the cartographer to establish the boundaries of a place. He focused on fidelity to what was documented about the territory in question using knowledge gleaned from travel journals, historical accounts, old maps, poems, and more. D’Anville was especially passionate about mapping ancient civilizations. This map of Palestine was part of his attempt to re-map the lands of the Old Testament. It displays insets of the city of Jerusalem, the territories of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, and the locations of the region’s cities in relation to each other. Bible. Old Testament; Palestine

Date
1783
Mapmaker / publisher
Anville, Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d' (1697-1782)
Place
Palestine
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
1,289 × 1,024 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago, and a faithful scan of a flat work adds no new copyright.

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"Palestine, Tribes, and Jerusalem" (1783). Anville, Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d' (1697-1782), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palestine,_Tribes,_and_Jerusalem_WDL136.png

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