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In the past, Hebrew
geographical maps were relatively rare,
but they all showed the Land of Israel
as a separate entity, stressing the
sanctity and uniqueness of the country
to Judaism.
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.
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