Tower of Babel engraving by Alain Manesson Mallet (1630-1706) a French cartographer and engineer. His Description de L'Universe contains a wide variety of information, including star maps, maps of the ancient and modern world, and a synopsis of the customs, religion and government of the many nations included in his text. According to Genesis the people of the Earth built a tower to scale heaven.

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Tower of Babel, 17th Century

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