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1. “Psalter Map” (ca. 1225)   
 
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The Psalter Map (named after the book of Psalms in which is was found) is characteristic of mediaeval world maps, elucidating the writings of the Church fathers rather than geography. Jerusalem is indicated in the center of the map (and of the world) and around it appears, relatively much enlarged, the Holy Land, with the Dead Sea, the rivers Jor and Dan which unite to form the Jordan, as well as ...

2. “The Land of Israel, its Division and Borders” (1802?)   
 
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An imaginary illustration of Jerusalem, attributed to Rabbi Eliahu ben Shlomo Zalman, known as the Gaon of Vilna.

3. Abraham Bar-Jacob's Map in the Amsterdam Haggadah (1695)   
 
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Abraham Bar-Jacob, a convert to Judaism, drew a map of the Holy Land following that of Christian Adrichom (1588), incorporating many Jewish elements such as the route of the Exodus from Egypt to Canaan and the designation of the territories of the twelve tribes of Israel. The map was reproduced in a Passover Haggadah as one of the earliest Hebrew printed maps.

4. Diagram of the Land of Israel and Jerusalem by Jacob Auspitz (1817)   
 
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An imaginary diagram of the "future" distribution of the Land of Israel, with Jerusalem in its center.

5. Final Borders of Israel & Palestine?   
 
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A map that is based on the prospective final settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute in which Israel's border would move to the 1967 border with modifications that would take in approximately 70-80% of the Jewish settlers

6. First Printed Maps, by Lucas Brandis (1475)   
 
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The first printed maps, by Lucas Brandeis (1475). This is a symbolic map of the Land of Israel with Jerusalem at its center.

7. Jerusalem in Old Maps and Views: 17-18th Century   
 
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Maps and diagrams of the Land of Israel and Jerusalem from the 17th-18th Centuries. Includes a brief description.

8. Jerusalem in Old Maps and Views: 19th Century   
 
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Diagrams and illusrations of the Land of Israel and Jerusalem from the 19th Century. Including a brief description.

9. Jerusalem the Beautiful   
 
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Jerusalem the Beautiful

10. Map of Ancient Jerusalem, Based on Biblical Accounts   
 
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An imaginary map of Jerusalem, based on the Biblical account.

11. Net Bible   
 
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The New English Translation, also known as the NET Bible, is a completely new translation of the Bible, not a revision or an update of a previous English version. It was completed by more than twenty biblical scholars who worked directly from the best currently available Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts.

12. Pictorial Strip Map of the Land of Israel, by Rabbi Chaim Salomon Pinta of Zefat (1875)   
 
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This illustration, in Hebrew and German, represents an original group of maps. Five longitudinal strips show five regions, from Lebanon in the North to Gaza, Hebron and "upturned Sodom" in the South. Jerusalem occupies the map center.

13. Picture of Jerusalem by Mondhare (1770)   
 
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A competely imaginary view of Jerusalem, by Mondhare, a French publisher (1770).

14. Plan of Jerusalem According to the Description of the Old Testemant   
 
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A map of Biblical Jerusalem drawn according to its description in the Old Testament books.

15. Plan of Jerusalem, 1584   
 
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An old imaginary map of Jerusalem.

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