Historical Maps of Jerusalem and the Middle East
March 2, 2009 9:45 PM Subscribe
Holy Land Maps and Ancient Maps of Jerusalem both showcase parts of Eran Laor Cartographic Collection. Both collectiona can be browsed by cartographer and date. Here are some of my favorite maps: 1497 perspective map of Jerusalem, Jacotin's 1818 map of Nazareth, Jordan and Acre, 1685 perspective map of Jerusalem, 1482 Ptolemy of the Middle East, 1751 map of Egypt, Arabia and the Middle East and 1928 perspective map of Jerusalem (complete with Hebrew guide). [Another part of The Eran Laor Cartographic Collection previously on MetaFilter]
Very cool, old maps are just amazing to me. And the map scans themselves are pretty impressive, a lot of map collections don't have good high res images.
posted by Xoebe at 10:35 PM on March 2, 2009
posted by Xoebe at 10:35 PM on March 2, 2009
Is there such a thing as too many historical maps? The answer, my friends, is no.
posted by absalom at 5:09 AM on March 3, 2009
posted by absalom at 5:09 AM on March 3, 2009
Wow, terrific stuff—thanks!
Extremely minor quibble: "1818 map of Nazareth, Jordan and Acre" should be "1818 map of Nazareth, the Jordan and Acre" (or, with more geographical logic and following the title of the map, "1818 map of Acre, Nazareth, and the Jordan"): it's the river, not the country (which didn't exist back then).
posted by languagehat at 5:37 AM on March 3, 2009 [1 favorite]
Extremely minor quibble: "1818 map of Nazareth, Jordan and Acre" should be "1818 map of Nazareth, the Jordan and Acre" (or, with more geographical logic and following the title of the map, "1818 map of Acre, Nazareth, and the Jordan"): it's the river, not the country (which didn't exist back then).
posted by languagehat at 5:37 AM on March 3, 2009 [1 favorite]
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