Fries, Laurent (reduction of Waldseemuller's 1513 map of the Holy Land)

(Map of Israel-- Palestine, Jordan, Holy Land, 12 tribes): Tabula nova terrae Sanctae

      Vienne (France) : G. Treschel, 1541. VG, B&W woodcut of this Fries reduction of the earlier Waldseemuller map. Striking image, showing ancient Palestine divided into the regions for the 12 tribes. Many of the waterways are not configured as we know them from modern maps (i.e. the Dead S ea shows as an elongated lake, etc.). According to Laor's "Maps of the Holy Land" this map was modelled on Vesconte-Sanuto's map of Palestine. This map has no verso text, contrary to earlier editions (first issued in Strassburg in 1522). A few central wormholes have been expertly repaired and are nearly invisible; the image is intact and measures 22x41cm..