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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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