Original Map - "Tableau de la Dispersion des Enfants de Noe, ou Creation des Peuples dans le 2e. age du Monde [Table of the Dispersion of the Children of Noah, or Creation of Peoples in the 2nd age of the world]; Pl. 2"; From "Atlas geographique dresse pour l'histoire universelle de l'eglise catholique de l'abbe Rohrbacher" ("Geographical Atlas, Compiled for, the Universal History of the Catholic Church of Abbot Rohrbacher")

Text is in French. Original publisher's hand-colored map showing the dispersion of the children of Noah after the Great Flood. Composition is roughly centered around the present-day Sinai Peninsula. The map also includes parts of Africa, Europe, Eurasia, India, and Asia. Map with margins measures 21 1/2" x 16 1/2." Actual map area measures 18" x 13." The vertical center fold line is original as this map came from an atlas. Map is very clean and intact except for some foxing and age toning on front and back and minuscule wear to edges and corners. A Very Good copy. Watercolors appear in pink, blue, and orange exclusively as lines representing the dispersion routes taken by Noah's three sons, Shem (Fr., "Sem"), Ham (Fr., "Cham"), and Japeth (Fr., "Japet"), and their grandsons. A legend in the lower-left corner defines which colors and correspond to which of Noah's sons. An oval in light blue watercolor shows the origin of the dispersion. Major cities and natural features such as mountains, seas, and rivers are included. Title printed below the map. Lines of latitude and longitude and neatline also included. The following is printed beneath the map below the neatline: "Impie. ['Imprimerie'] de Louis Antoine, 1, rue de Cluny, Paris" and "La Lettre par Lahanier-Lacouchy." This map is Plate 2 from an atlas that accompanied "L'Historie universelle de l'eglise catholique" ("Universal History of the Catholic Church"), a notable work by Abbot Rohrbacher. Rene Francois Rohrbacher (1789-1856) was a French priest, ecclesiastical historian, and politician. The main author of this atlas is Auguste Henri Dufour (1795-1865), a French geographer.…