Day Palestine and the Holy Land. (Palestina Moderna Et Terra Sancta) 1480

Old map of Israel.

century Greek astronomer and geographer. Nicolo Tedesco, a German printer who worked in Florence, printed Berlinghieri's work as well as engraved the maps. As with all the modern maps of Palestine added to the early printed editions of Ptolemy, this map was copied from the map of Palestine by Petrus Vesconte (flourished 1310-1330) and Marino Sanuto (circa 1260-1338), first published in Venice around 1320. Vesconte was a navigational chart maker from Genoa who worked in Venice. Sanuto was a Venetian merchant and nobleman who traveled to the Holy Land a number of times and drew maps based on his travels.

Created by Francesco Berlinghieri, 2nd Century Ptolemy, Nicolo Todescho in 1480.

• Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
• Original resource extent: Copperplate ; 285 x 490 millimeters.
• Original resource at: National Library of Israel.
• Content in Latin.
• Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Map Tags

1480

2nd Century Ptolemy

Francesco Berlinghieri

Israel

Map

Nicolo Todescho