Canaan from the Flood to Moses and Joshua, Antique Hand-Colored Map, 1823

This is an original antique copper engraved map with original hand coloring, published in 1823 as plate III of James Wyld's Geographia Sacra, or Scripture Atlas. The title, engraved in a flourished cartouche at the lower right, reads "Map of the LAND of CANAAN, from the first Plantation thereof AFTER the FLOOD, to its subjugation By MOSES & JOSHUA."

Canaan is drawn from the Mediterranean, or Great Sea, across the Jordan valley to the lands of the Ammonites and Moabites, from Sidon and the Lebanon range in the north to the Amalekites, Kenites and the Desert of Shur in the south. The early peoples of the land are lettered across it, with the Philistines along the coast, with the hill country worked in close hachure. The land west of the Jordan is washed in pink, with yellow, green and orange tints to the east and north. At the south end of the valley the Vale of Siddim is drawn with Sodom, Gomorrah and Bela or Zoar, and a note below the title reads "Note. The limits of the Salt Sea are marked by a dotted line." A scale of British Statute Miles sits under the note, and the graticule is numbered in the borders.

Under the lower left corner of the border is the credit "J. Wyld del.", under the lower right corner "G. Neele Sculp.", and centered between them the imprint "Publish'd by G. & W. B. Whittaker, 13, Ave Maria Lane, April 1823." The plate number "III." is engraved above the upper right corner of the border.

The map comes from Geographia Sacra, or Scripture Atlas, published in London in 1823 by G. and W. B. Whittaker, whose imprint runs along the lower margin. The engraved title page of the atlas names its author as Wyld "of the Quarter Master General's Office, Horse Guards". James Wyld the elder (1790 to 1836) was a London geographer and map publisher.

Even age toning. Marked handling soiling along the bottom, right and top edges. Scattered light foxing in the margin. Slight wear at the bottom right and top right corners. One larger brown mark.

This is an original antique map, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed.