A rare gem from the 16th century: Camoccio’s map of the Holy Land (1565) by Wissenburg, the first printed depiction of the Exodus

Discover a rare gem from the 16th century - the 1565 map of the Holy Land by Camoccio.

1565 Camoccio / Wissenburg map of the Holy Land with a description of the Migration of Palestine and the Holy Land (Peregrination Palestinae sive Terre Sancte Descriptio). A great rarity of great beauty. 11.25 x 14.25 inches This is an extremely rare, separately issued map of the Holy Land from 1565, engraved and published by Giovanni Camoccio. It is one of the few maps based on Wolfgang Wissenburg’s unavailable 1538 map, all of which are rare, and one of the earliest printed maps to illustrate the Exodus route and present the geography in detail.

Picture of Oleg Margolin

Oleg Margolin