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Karte von dem Reiche Japon.

  • ARTIST: Jacques Bellin

  • MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

    DATE: c.1752.

  • EDITION SIZE: 8 3/8 x 12" (211 x 305 mm) plus title and margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: A handsome map of the Islands of Japan. Cartographically, this map is based on information from Kaempfer and Scheuchzer who travelled extensively in Japan. This map appeared in the German edition of Histoire Generale des Voyages by A. F. Prevost.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition. Attractive modern hand coloring.

  • REFERENCE: Prestel - Walter, Japan A cartographic Vision, p. 223.

  • CATEGORIES: Maps