[Series of maps from Murphy's Biblical atlas, containing twenty-four maps, illustrative of scripture geography]

Description:

drawn & engraved by W. Murphy. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Latitudinal and longitudinal lines. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Ferro. Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian. 7 bar scales on maps given in "British miles", "Roman miles", "Jewish miles", "Yards", "Cubits", "Romish miles", and "English miles". Includes 2 indexes: References to Asia Minor -- References. Bible citations next to sites on maps throughout. Shows topography, drainage, boundaries, travel routes, places of historical interest.

Creator:

Murphy, William, 1800-

Publisher:

[W. Oliphant & Son],

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Subject:

Travel, Geography, Mercator projection (Cartography), Exodus, The, Twelve tribes of Israel, Seven churches, Christianity, Asher (Tribe of Israel), Naphtali (Tribe of Israel), Manasseh (Tribe of Israel), Ephraim (Tribe of Israel), Reuben (Tribe of Israel), Benjamin (Tribe of Israel), Dan (Tribe of Israel), and Apostles

Date Issued:

1836

Spatial Coverage:

Asia, Europe, Palestine, Turkey, Syria, Greece, and Jordan

Rights:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

Rights Holder:

Images from the Leonard and Juliet Rothman Holy Lands Map Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu

License:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

More details at:

https://purl.stanford.edu/fh875mp4059