HISTORICAL MAPS · 1525
The First Bible Map, Printed Backwards
The first map of the Holy Land ever printed in a Bible, and it came out as a mirror image: the Mediterranean on the wrong side.
- Made by
- Attributed to Lucas Cranach the Elder; the Zürich library attributes the design to Joachim Vadian
- Date
- 1525
- Held by
- This copy: Zentralbibliothek Zürich (31 Nv 02: 1)
- Medium
- Woodcut, 27 × 39 cm
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