Christian van Adrichom was a Catholic priest and theologian. A native of Delft, he fled to Cologne  in the wake of the religious turmoil of the Reformation. His map of Jerusalem is part of his book, published in 1584, on the antiquities and history of the Holy Land and is based on the Bible, Josephus Flavius, and many other sources. Purporting to depict Jerusalem in the time of Jesus, it includes a variety of illustrations representing sundry historical periods. Adrichom's map was one of the most popular and influential maps of the period and was often copied.