Regnum Salomonicum sev Tabula digesta ad Libros Judicum, Regum, Paral, et Prophetarum Per Eparchias XII, Mox Regna duo Auctore Phil. de la Rue

Title

Regnum Salomonicum sev Tabula digesta ad Libros Judicum, Regum, Paral, et Prophetarum Per Eparchias XII, Mox Regna duo Auctore Phil. de la Rue

Description

Map shows Terra Sancta, the Holy Land with a magnificent title cartouche and a compass rose. Translated from Latin, the title means "The Kingdom of Solomon or a map organised according to the books of Judges, Kings, Chronicles and Prophets through the twelve districts, soon to be the two kingdoms, author Philip de la Rue".

ca. 1685

Artist

Covens/ Mortier (1685-1740)

Jean Covens und Corneille Mortier where brothers in law, who continued the bussines, founded of Pierre Mortier in 1685 in Amsterdam. They called it Covens & Mortier. They extended their buissines in buying the company of De Witt.

Historical Description

The first archaeologically proven traces of an early or proto-Israelite settlement in the Mashrek region go back to the period between the 12th and 11th centuries BC. BC back. According to biblical tradition, Jerusalem was founded around 1000 BC. Conquered by David from the Jebusites and chosen as the capital of his great empire. The country subsequently became part of the Persian Empire, then the Empire of Alexander the Great, and finally the Empire of the Seleucids. The Maccabees revolt in 165 BC BC brought Israel once more state independence for about 100 years. 63 BC The time of Roman supremacy began. The Romans divided the area into two provinces: Syria in the north, Judea in the south. In the course of the Islamic expansion, the area came under Arab rule in 636. Since then, Palestine has been predominantly inhabited by Arabs. The crusaders ruled from 1099 to 1291 what they called the "Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem". This was followed by the Mamluks from 1291 to 1517 and then the Ottoman rule from 1517 to 1918. None of these authorities had planned their own administration for Palestine or viewed the area as an independent geographical unit. The region was also part of Syria for the Ottomans, probably going back to the Roman name Syria.