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CORNELIUS, DANCKERTS - Afbeelding van de Veertich-Iaarige Reyse der Kinderen Israels uyt Egypten [“Illustration of the Forty Years’ Wanderings of the Israelites from Egypt… to the Land of Canaan.”] Hand-colored copperplate map. 16 x 20.5 inches (40.5 x 52 cm). Amsterdam, c. 1700: Based on Visscher’s 1659 map, the Levant is shown from Damascus in the north to the Egyptian coast in the south. Various Biblical scenes are depicted, such as a smoking Mount Sinai and Solomon’s ships embarking from the shores of Eilat in search of gold. Depicted below the map is the Encampment of the Israelites and the Temple vessels.