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Japonia et Terra Eso.

  • ARTIST: Gerard Mercator

  • MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving

    DATE: 1651

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 6 c 7 5/8" (15.1 x 19.3 cm)

  • DESCRIPTION: Mercator's small map of Japan with Korea as an island. At upper right is a partial coastline of t Lant van Eso (Hokkaido) and Compagnies Landt, a mythical island that was supposedly discovered by Jean de Gama.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition. B&W

  • REFERENCE: Campbell, T. Map Collectors Circle, "Japan: European printed maps to 1800." #18.

  • CATEGORIES: Maps