Digital Maps and Geospatial Data | Princeton University

Start over

Benedict. Arias Montanus Sacrae geographiae tabulam ex antiquissimorum cultor. familiis a mose recensitis : ad sacrorum libror. explicandor : commoditatem Antuuerpiae in Philippi regis Catholici gratia describebat 1571 Princeton University Public content

Author(s):
Publisher:
[Antwerp : Christopher Plantin, 1572]
Access:
Public
Description:
Relief shown pictorially. Map of the world showing how the descendants of Noah repopulated the Earth following the Great Flood. Text includes panels in Latin and Hebrew reproducing the Table of Nations which lists the descendants of Noah starting with his three sons, Japheth, Ham and Shem and the countries that they and their descendants founded. On verso: Orbis tabula. Ben. Aria Montano, auctore. From: Biblia sacra, Hebraicae, Chaldaice, Graece et Latine... Antuerpiae : Christoph. Plantinus, [1569-1572]. Ed. by Benito Arias Montano.
Subject(s):
Bible—Geography—Maps—Early works to 1800, World in the Bible—Maps—Early works to 1800, World maps—Early works to 1800, and World maps—1572
Call number:
HMC01.6887
Held by:
Princeton: Historic Map Division, Special Collections, Firestone Library
Rights Statement:
No Known Copyright

Princeton University Library reasonably believes that the Item is not restricted by copyright or related rights, but a conclusive determination could not be made.
You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Princeton University Library claims no copyright or license governing this digital resource. It is provided for free, on a non-commercial, open-access basis, for fair-use academic and research purposes only. Anyone who claims copyright over any part of these resources and feels that they should not be presented in this manner is invited to contact Princeton University Library, who will in turn consider such concerns and make every effort to respond appropriately. We request that users reproducing this resource cite it according to the guidelines described at https://library.princeton.edu/special-collections/policies/forms-citation.