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Middle East."Paradisus". Orig. copper-engraving from Mercator's "Atlas Minor". Published in Amsterdam by J. Hondius, C. Claesz. and J. Jansz., 1607. With title-cartouche and great ornamental cartouche showing Adam and Eve in Paradise below the...

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Mercator, Gerardus

Hondius, Jodocus

Amsterdam

1607

Middle East."Paradisus". Orig. copper-engraving from Mercator's "Atlas Minor". Published in Amsterdam by J. Hondius, C. Claesz. and J. Jansz., 1607. With title-cartouche and great ornamental cartouche showing Adam and Eve in Paradise below the apple tree. 15:19 cm (6 x 7 1/2 inch.).

Koeman III, map 0820H:351, ed. 351:01 (1607 Atlas Minor). - A miniature map showing the Syrian desert, Lebanon, and the mouth of the Tigris in the Persian Gulf. Including Babylon, Tripoli, etc. Showing the site of Paradise between the four rivers, near to Babylon.

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