Print Technique: Giclee
Printed on: Bark Paper
Copperplate. Shows part of Egypt, the Sinai Peninsula,
and Palestine on both sides of the Jordan, divided among the Tribes.
From "Prospect of the most famous parts of the World" by John
Speed, 1552-1629. The map was originally dated 1611 and included in
Speed's "Genealogies of Holy Scriptures" inserted in the "Editio
Princeps" of the King James Bible, published by Robert Barker .
Imprint by Thomas Basset and Richard Chiswell, London 1676. From the
Eran Laor Cartographic Collection The Jewish National & University
Library, Jerusalem, Made in Israel. Not original coloring.
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