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Summary

Situation du Paradise Terrestre (

)

Artist

Pierre Mortier

Title

Situation du Paradise Terrestre

Description

Français : Carte de la Situation du Paradis Terrestre, Et des Païs Habitez par les Patriarches Dressée pour bien entendre l'Histoire Sainte, Par Messire Pierre Daniel Huet

Nederlands: Kaart van de Stant van het Aardsch Paradys, en het Land door de Aartsvaderen Bewoond Dienende tot beter verstant van de Heylige Historie door den heer Pieter Daniel Huet.

English: The map has two captions reading essentially the same in French and Dutch. The French reads: "Map of the location of the earthly paradise, and of the country inhabited by the patriarchs, laid out for the better understanding of sacred history, by M. Pierre Daniel Huet"

Date

1700

Dimensions

(cm, H x W) 41 x 48

Collection

Cornell University Library

	Native name	Cornell University Library
	Parent institution	Cornell University
	Location	Ithaca, New York, USA
	Coordinates	42° 26′ 49.2″ N, 76° 29′ 05.28″ W
	Established	1865 (Cornell University)
	Website	https://www.library.cornell.edu/
	Authority file	: Q5171572 VIAF: 147713418 ISNI: 0000000108068796 ULAN: 500300613 LCCN: n50000040 NLA: 35031251 WorldCat

Current location

Division of Rare & Manuscript Collections:Persuasive Cartography: The PJ Mode Collection

Accession number

1014.01

Notes

See the Collector's Notes

References

For full details, see PJ. Mode, "References"

Source/Photographer

Cornell University: Persuasive Cartography, The PJ Mode Collection

Licensing

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

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