Damascvs, vrbs nobilisima ad Libanum montem, totius Syria metropolis.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1541-1622
Other Authors:	Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539-1590
Format:	Map
Language:	Latin German
Language Notes:	German text on verso.
Published:	[Cologne] [publisher not identified], [1576?].
Subjects:	Damascus (Syria) > Maps > Early works to 1800. Bible > Geography > Maps > Early works to 1800. Early maps. Aerial views.

Description
Item Description:	Detached from German edition of: Civitates orbis terrarum (volume 2). North oriented to bottom. Birds eye view. Background of mountains ; city walls ; mosques ; Arab figures, camels and palm trees in foreground. Includes notes on the location where Cain struck down Abel, where Paul was baptized and at bottom left is the memorial church built where Jesus appeared to Paul as he persecuted the Christians. Vertical fold line at center. The Cushing Library copy is part of the Ronald L. and V. Jane Woellhof Rare Map Collection.
Physical Description:	1 map : hand colored ; on sheet 41 x 49 cm