Heinrich Bünting

Heinrich Bünting (1545 – 30 December 1606) was a German Protestant pastor and theologian.

He studied theology at the University of Wittenberg graduating in 1569 and became a Protestant pastor in Lemgo.

[3][4] His collection of woodcut maps, Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae, first published in Magdeburg in 1581, was a very popular book in its day.

The book provided the most complete summary of biblical geography available and described the Holy Land by following the travels of various notable people from the Old and New Testaments.

In addition to conventional maps, the book also contained three figurative maps; the world depicted using a cloverleaf design thought to possibly represent the Trinity with Jerusalem in the center, Europe in the form of a crowned and robed woman, and Asia as the winged horse Pegasus.