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Map of biblical locations, 18th century C013/7822

Map of biblical locations. 18th-century map showing the suggested Middle Eastern location of the Garden of Eden, the Plain of Shinaar, and Mount Ararat (where the ark came to rest after the deluge). Here, Mount Ararat is called Mount Masis. Eden is on the Shat-al-Arab river, between the Euphrates, Tigris, Gihon and Pishon rivers (all named in the biblical Genesis story). Also shown are parts of Persia (modern-day Iran), Arabia, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea. This map is from the multi-volume collection titled An universal history, from the earliest account of time to the present, published in London, UK, between 1736 and 1744

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Old Map of The Isle of Man 1836 by Thomas Moule

This is a fine decorative reproduction Map of The Isle of Man from the First Edition series of Thomas Moule Maps, originally Published in 1836. The well-known series of County Maps which are known as Moules feature beautiful vignette views and were first published in separate sections for each county in 1830-32, they were then published in collected form in a two-volume work: The English Counties Delineated: or a Topographical Description of England: Illustrated by a Complete Series of County Maps by Thomas Moule: London: Published by George Virtue 1836

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Old Map of the Isle of Mull Scotland 1654 by Johan Blaue from the Atlas Novus

This detailed and most attractive reproduction map of The Isle of Mull has been carefully art worked from a scan of an antique original. The famous firm of Dutch cartographers and publishers was established in the late 16th century by Willem Janszoon Blaeu in Amsterdam. Blaeu was a maker of globes and scientific instruments and purchased some of his early map plates from Jodocus Hondius. From this small beginning was to emerge one of the largest and most prolific map publishing houses of the seventeenth century