Benedict. Arias Montanus Sacrae geographiae tabulam ex antiquissimorum cultor. familiis a mose recensitis : ad sacrorum libror. explicandor : commoditatem Antuuerpiae in Philippi regis Catholici gratia describebat 1571 - Arias Montano, Benito, 1527-1598.; Plantin, Christophe, approximately 1520-1589 ([Antwerp : Christopher Plantin, 1572)
Relief shown pictorially.
Map of the world showing how the descendants of Noah repopulated the Earth following the Great Flood. Text includes panels in Latin and Hebrew reproducing the Table of Nations which lists the descendants of Noah starting with his three sons, Japheth, Ham and Shem and the countries that they and their descendants founded.
On verso: Orbis tabula. Ben. Aria Montano, auctore.
From: Biblia sacra, Hebraicae, Chaldaice, Graece et Latine... Antuerpiae : Christoph. Plantinus, [1569-1572]. Ed. by Benito Arias Montano.
Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world
Wendt, H. Envisioning the world
Keywords: Bible -- Geography -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.; World in the Bible -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.; World maps -- Early works to 1800.; World maps -- 1572.; Maps