Historic Map : Bonne Map of Israel, Palestine or The Holy Land (Showing The 12 Tribes), 1783, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 18in The United States is shown

The United States is shown shortly after the acquisition of Texas and Upper California though pre-Gadsden Purchase

we can speculate that the limited budget of the publisher

few of these men were literate and did not record their discoveries

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Published by the Hachette firm

Historic Map : Bonne Map of Israel, Palestine or The Holy Land (Showing The 12 Tribes), 1783, Vintage Wall Art Size:24in x 18in The United States is shownThis is a beautiful example of Rigobert Bonne's 1783 map of Israel (Palestine Holy Land) divided according to the Biblical Twelve Tribes of Israel. Bonne's map covers Palestine or Israel on both sides of the Jordan River from Sidon to Gaza and Zoara and includes parts of adjacent Egypt, Arabia, and Syria (including Damascus). The map is divided according to the Twelve Tribes of Israel, but also includes the Satrapies of the Philistines, what is today