Schenk & Valk’s Map of Syria Printed Area Measurement_39.5 x 52.5 cm towards the end of the

towards the end of the Dutch Golden Age

“To the Right Honourable Anthony

it may have come from the same source: the British Library holds an anonymous example which has been tentatively dated to c

there are details of churches

Schenk & Valk’s Map of Syria Printed Area Measurement_39.5 x 52.5 cm towards the end of theSyriae sive Soriae, nova et accurata descriptio Petrus Schenk and Gerard Valk often worked in partnership, towards the end of the Dutch Golden Age, when the United Provinces still led Europe in the field of map making. Together they purchased the surviving copper printing plates of the famous Janssonius firm, among others, and reissued them under their own imprint. This map, covering the region of Syria in antiquity, was originally issued by