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1. Moxon, Joseph, 1627-1691

Paradise: or the garden of Eden with the countries circumjacent inhabited by the patriarchs (London: 1720?) 1 map color, copper engraving, 31.5 x 46.5 cm.

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This was one of a series of 6 biblical maps published in Dutch by Nicolaes Visscher in 1671.They were translated into English by Moxon, and published in an atlas entitled: Sacred Geographie or Scriptural Mapps, (London, Moxon, 1691).

"The Garden of Eden or Paradice" can be seen at the junction of the Hiddekel (Tigris) and Euphrates Rivers, near the Tower of Babel.

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