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Late 16th-century Jerusalem is “the most famous of Judea and the entire East, whose size and splendor marvels the imagination” according to German geographer and theologian George Braun, who during ...
Detail of the first-ever printed map of Jerusalem in Peregrinatio in Terram Sanctam (all images courtesy the British Museum) What did Jerusalem or Venice look like in the late 15th century? Visitors ...