Map: Palestine

1989.11.0008

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Artifact Identification Map: Palestine   (1989.11.0008)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Documentary Artifacts
  4. :
  5. Graphic Documents
Artist/Maker Harrison, J.: Publisher (active 1784-1792) (after) Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697-1782) G. Terry of Paternoster Row (Garnet?): Engraver Full publication is by G. Allen, J. Haywood, G. Terry, and T. Bowen
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1788 CE
Culture British, English

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Width) 48.2 cm
Dimension 2 (Height) 41.8 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) <0.1 cm
Weight 13 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Paper--rag, Pigment--ink
Manufacturing Processes Printed

Research Remarks

Description

-There are four insets: (1) "The Tribes",
(2) "Jerusalem", (3) "Positions", and (4) A scale
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Published Description Under Review
Bibliography

Brown, Lloyd A. Mapmaking: The Art That Became a Science.Chap. IV, "Ptolemy's Rules for Mapmakers." Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown and & Company, 1960.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication The Seymour and Muriel Yale Collection of Coins of the Ottoman Empire and Other Middle East States
Reproduction no

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