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This historical map, titled Descriptio Terrarum, In Quas Dispersi Sunt Structores Turris Babel, was part of Samuel Bochart’s Geographia Sacra. It shows the world as it was thought to be after the biblical dispersal following the fall of the Tower of Babel. The map focuses on the eastern Mediterranean, the Middle East, and the surrounding regions.
The main map spans from Spain and the western Mediterranean in the west to Persia and the Caspian Sea in the east, with the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, and the Red Sea clearly marked. Two inset maps at the bottom left show Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) and part of Babylonia, and the Nile Delta region, including parts of Syria and Egypt. The map uses Latin labels and reflects a mix of classical, biblical, and medieval geographic knowledge.
![A New Map of Turkey In Asia, Divided into its Provinces . . . 1801 [Cyprus]](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/71232.jpg)
