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Scarce c.17th Dutch map showing the Holy Land when the children of Israel lived there , from Heinrich Bunting’s famous classic account of biblical travel.
Although Bunting, had never actually visited the Holy Land, he produced an original work by recasting sacred scripture into a Reissbuch” (Noonan); “the most complete summary of the knowledge of that day concerning the geography of the biblical events” (Van der Heijden, p. 55).
From Bunting, H. Itinerarium Totius Sacrae Scripturae ….
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Shirley, R. The Mapping of the World Early Printed World Maps 1472-1700. London 1987 : 202, Pl. 166 (page 226).
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National Library Australia: Bib ID: 1673025
Heinrich Bunting (1545 - 1606)
Bunting was a Protestant pastor and theologian, born in Hannover, Germany, in 1545 and best known for Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae (Travel book through Holy Scripture) first published in 1581 which contained a number woodcut maps. He studied theology at the University of Wittenberg graduating in 1569 and became a Protestant pastor in Lemgo. He was dismissed in 1575 and moved to Gronau an der Leine. In 1591 he was appointed superintendent in Goslar. When a dispute arose over his teachings in 1600 he was dismissed and retired from the ministry. He spent the rest of his life as a private citizen in Hannover.
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