Historic Map : Adrichem Antique Map of The Tribe of Naphtali, Israel (Sea of Galilee, Golan Heights, and Lands North), 1590, Vintage Wall Art

Christian van Adrichem's rare 1590 map of the lands granted to the Tribe of Naphtali at the time of Joshua's division of the Twelve Tribes. The map is oriented to the east and covers form the Sea of Galilee northwards along the Jordan River as far as Lebanon and the Golan Heights. Naphtali was part of the Kingdom of Israel until its lands were conquered by Assyria in c. 723 BC and the population deported. Since that time it has been considered one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. Numerous Biblical sites are noted including the Mount of the Beatitudes at Capernaum. This map is the seventh of ten maps of the Holy Land prepared by Christian van Adrichem for publication in his Theatrum Terrae Sanctae. Adrichem's maps for the Theatrum were prepared between 1580 and 1585, but were published posthumously by his associate, Gerardis Brunius of Koln, in 1590. The publication went through several later editions and served as a basis for most subsequent maps of the Holy Land well into the 18th century.