File:1843 Malte Brun Map of the Biblical Lands of the Hebrews (Egypt, Arabia, Israel, Turkey) - Geographicus - Hebreux-maltebrun-1837.jpg

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Geographie des Hebreux.
Artist
Conrad Malte-Brun  (1775–1826)  wikidata:Q980235 s:en:Author:Conrad Malte-Brun q:fr:Conrad Malte-Brun
 
Conrad Malte-Brun
Alternative names
Malthe Conrad Bruun
Description French-Danish geographer and writer
Date of birth/death 12 August 1775 Edit this at Wikidata 14 December 1826 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Thisted, Denmark Paris
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artist QS:P170,Q980235
engraver:
Louis-Michel Thierry  (fl. circa –circa  wikidata:Q59265729
 
Description French engraver
Work period circa  Edit this at Wikidata–circa  Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
rue des Mathurins-Saint-Jacques, today rue Du Sommerard
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artist QS:P170,Q59265729
Title
Geographie des Hebreux.
Description
English: This is Conrad Malte Brun’s very appealing map of the Biblical geography of the Torah and Old Testament. Covers what is modern day Egypt, Arabia, Persia and Turkey. Notes many Old Testament lands and Kingdoms including the lands of Magog, Canaan, Saleph, Lubim, Misrim and others. Land extends northward only slightly beyond the 42nd degree of latitude, where it meets the mythical Mar Tenebreuse. Engraved by Thierry as plate no. 1 in Malte Brun’s Geographie Ancienne .
Date 1843 (undated)
Dimensions height: 12.5 in (31.7 cm); width: 9 in (22.8 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,12.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,9U218593
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Geographicus link: Hebreux-maltebrun-1837
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Gravée par Thierry, rue des Mathurins St Jacques N°1 à Paris.
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Precis de la Geographie Universelle ou Description de Toutes Les parties Du Monde sur un PlanNouveau d'Apres les Grandes Divisions Naturelles Du Globe… (1843 edition)

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