1588 MAP OF DAMASCUS- Striking town plan of Damascus from a Latin edition of Braun & Hogenberg's Civitates Orbis Terrarum first issued in 1588. Shows the fortified walls of the City and various buildings, public squares and other places of interest, with costumed locals and camels in the foreground. First settled in the second millennium BC, Damascus is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It was chosen as the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 750. After the v