Historic Map : Funck Map of Israel, Palestine, Holy Land, 1720, Vintage Wall Art Asia Asian Continent The first edition of Johnson's newly engraved Asia map. 5248348 replacing parts of the speculative

replacing parts of the speculative 'Pygmei' island with newly identified lands such as Nieulant and Willoughbe's Land

It also makes evident the challenges of the European map publisher in piecing together numerous disparate reports and mappings into a single cohesive cartographic entity

Jodocus Hondius

and fanciful wishful thinking

Newton Pratt

Historic Map : Funck Map of Israel, Palestine, Holy Land, 1720, Vintage Wall Art Asia Asian Continent The first edition of Johnson's newly engraved Asia map. 5248348 replacing parts of the speculativeAn altogether stunning map of the Israel, Palestine, or the Holy Land. Issued in 1720 by David Funck of Nuremburg and geographically based upon Visscher's Map of 1659 and De Wit's Map of 1670. The shoreline runs from Sidon to Egypt along an East West orientation. Divided according to the Tribes of Israel on both side of the River Jordan. Bottom center features a plan of the Temple of Solomon with the Ark of the Covenant featuring prominently. Moses