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English: HOLY LAND Gerard de Jode, in Speculum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp, 1578 Smith Collection, University of Southern Maine West is at the top. A detailed bird's-eye view of the walled city of Jerusalem to a contemporary pilgrim, with the Dome of the Rock on the former site of Solomon's Temple. The view is flanked by vignettes of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (above and to the right) and the Chapel of the Nativity in Bethlehem (to the left).
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Gerard de Jode  (1509–1591)  wikidata:Q927871
 
Gerard de Jode
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Gerrit de Jode, Gerhardus de Iode
Description Southern Netherlandish cartographer, engraver and publisher
Date of birth/death 1509 Edit this at Wikidata 1591 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Nijmegen Antwerp
Work period 16th century
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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Antwerp Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q927871

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