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Japonia Regnum.

Very rare map and one of the earliest views of Japan and Korea and was published in a German edition of Botero's "Theatrum Principum Orbis Universi."This is a v...

Iaponia regnum.

One of the earliest printed map of Japan and the first copy after Ortelius / Teixeira.Published in the German edition of José de Acosta's De Natura Nova Orbis, first pub...

Iapan I.

Map of Japan from the first French-text edition of Jodocus Hondius' Atlas Minor.Shortly after the publication of the big folio-atlases the need was apparently felt for a ...

Iaponiae Insulae Descriptio; Ludoico Teisera Auctore.

This landmark map was the first map of Japan published in a European atlas. Ortelius received the map from Ludovico Teixeira, a Portuguese Jesuit cartographer and mathema...

Iaponia Insula.

A very nice miniature map of Japan, with major cities named, title cartouche at the bottom and the sea is stipple engraved. The map was engraved by the brothers Ambrose a...

Japonia.

The first map of Japan published in a European atlas. Ortelius received the map from Ludovico Teixeira, a Portuguese Jesuit cartographer and mathematician. While Teixeira...

Iaponia.

A close derivative of the Teixeira map introduced by Ortelius in 1595. Hondius, however, makes note of Korea by including an inscription stating that it is not known whet...

Japoniae insulae descriptio.

The first printed map of Japan to appear in an atlas. It was drawn by the Portuguese Jesuit Luiz Teixeira and depicts Korea as an island. Japan was probably identified wi...

Japoniae insulae descriptio.

The first printed map of Japan to appear in an atlas. It was drawn by the Portuguese Jesuit Luiz Teixeira and depicts Korea as an island. Japan was probably identified wi...

Japoniae insulae descriptio.

The first printed map of Japan to appear in an atlas, in a first state. It was drawn by the Portuguese Jesuit Luiz Teixeira and depicts Korea as an island. Japan was prob...

Japoniae Nova Descriptio.

Very decorative map of Japan based on the Ortelius/Teixeira model with Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku depicted with approximately the correct proportions. Korea is shown as ...

Iaponia.

Beautiful map of Japan as perceived by Europeans at the beginning of the 17th century, first issued in the 1606 Mercator-Hondius atlas, and in subsequent editions over th...

Japonia.

Jodocus Hondius' fine map early 17th century map of the islands of Japan, first issued as one of the new maps in the expended Mercator Hondius Atlas of 1606.The map is cl...

Iapan.

Small map of Japan, surrounded by text in Dutch. Nicolaes de Clerck (de Klerc) was active as engraver and publisher in Delft from 1599-1621.Included in the rare book : We...

Japonia.

Drawn to a smaller scale than the 1607 map: including Korea and part of China. Engraved by Petrus Kaerius.

IAPONIA.

This is one of the most significant maps Hondius the elder added to his first publication of the Mercator atlas in 1606. Based on the 1595 Abraham Ortelius map, but with ...

IAPONIA.

This is one of the most significant maps Hondius the elder added to his first publication of the Mercator atlas in 1606.Based on the 1595 Abraham Ortelius map, but with a...

Iaponia.

Jodocus Hondius' fine map early 17th century map of the islands of Japan, first issued as one of the new maps in the expended Mercator Hondius Atlas of 1606.The map is cl...

IAPONIA.

Early miniature map of Japan and Korea from the rare Cloppenburg edition slightly larger format and more scarce edition of the Mercator/Hondius "Atlas Minor". E...

IAPONIA.

Early miniature map of Japan and Korea from the rare Cloppenburg edition "Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes De Fabrica Mundi Et Fabricati Figura", slightly...

Iaponia.

One of the most significant maps Hondius the elder added to his first publication of the Mercator atlas in 1606. Based on the 1595 Abraham Ortelius map, but with added de...

IAPONIAE Nova Descriptio.

2nd state of Hondius map. Janssonius replaced the Japanese ship with a European one. Korea shown as an island.

IAPONIAE Nova Descriptio.

2nd state of Hondius map. Janssonius replaced the Japanese ship with a European one.

Asia carta di ciasete piu moderna. (Japan)

Rare Japan map of the Blancus/Moreira type. The place names follow Ginnaro, though he invented numerous additional imaginative names. From the first edition of hisDell'Ar...

Iaponia et Terra Eso.

Detailed miniature map of Japan with Korea as an island, from a German text edition of his Atlas Minor. Engraved by Petrus Kaerius.

Les Isles du Iapon.

A very pleasant map of the island of Japan as seen in the mid-seventeenth century by the important and influential French cartographer, Nicolas Sanson. The map also shows...

LES ISLES DU IAPON (Japan.)

A very pleasant map of the island of Japan as seen in the mid-seventeenth century by the important and influential French cartographer, Nicolas Sanson. The map also shows...

Nova et accurata Japoniae terrae Esonis, ac Insularum. . .

Johannes Janssonius' important map of Japan, notable for its detail of Hokkaido, the first printed map to use the detailed manuscript charts of Maarten de Vries from his ...

Nova et Accurata Japoniae, Terrae Esonis, ac Insularum Adjacentium ex Novissima Detectione Descriptio. Apud Ioannem Ianssonium

This edition is without text on the back.

Die rechte See farte von der Gelegenheit dess Landes IAPAN.

Rare map of Japan, Hokkaido (Iezzo), Korea and part of China's coast.From the account of Japan by Francis Caron, who was Director of the Dutch Trade there and spent more ...

Description des Isles du Iapon. . .

Map of Japan prepared by N.Sanson and published by Pierre Mariette.Published in an early edition of the small Sanson atlas L'Europe Dediée a Monseigneur . . . Le Tellier...

Afbeeldinge vant Maghtich Keyserlyck Casteel Osacca...

Bird's eye view of the castle of Osaka, from the first description of Japan based on information from the Dutch who served in the V.O.C. (united East-India Company) and f...

Afbeeldinge vant Maghtich Keyserlyck Casteel Osacca geleegen int groot Ryck Jappan besuyden de Stadt Osacca inde provinsie Qioo

A fantastic bird's-eye plan of the castle at Osaka. With many details and an extensive 35 number key at the bottom.

Miako - Kyoto.

A large, rare, copper engraving by Arnoldus Montanus. "Denkwürdige Gesandschaften der Ostindischen Gesellschaft in den vereinigten Niederlanden an unterschiedliche ...

Iedo - Tokyo.

A large, rare, copper engraving by Arnoldus Montanus. "Denkwürdige Gesandschaften der Ostindischen Gesellschaft in den vereinigten Niederlanden an unterschiedliche ...

Daibots Gotzenhaus Tempel Van Dajboth Dayboths Temple.

This fascinating 'busy' engraving is that of the inside of a Buddhist temple in Japan depicts a funeral procession for two ambassadors leading up to a somewhat hermaphrod...

Iedo.

Fine panoramic view of Jedo ( Tokyo) from Joan Nieuhof's comprehensive work about Japan. The view shows fields and landscapes, with the city in the background. With numbe...

[Japan, Imperial Palace Kyoto]

A copper engraved view of a Dutch Embassy at the Japanese Imperial Palace in Kyoto. Rare to be found in fine contempory coloring. From Ogilby's translation of Montanus's ...

Royaume de Japon.

The second state of Père Philippe's map of Japan.

Carte des Isles du Japon Sequels est remarque la Route..

This uncommon map of Japan, which is reduced version of his larger map, contains comments about the nature of the country. For instance, Ocsaqui (Okazaki, near Nagoya) is...

Carte des Isles du Japon Esquelles est remarque la Route ?

This uncommon map of Japan contains comments about the nature of the country. For instance, Ocsaqui (Okazaki, near Nagoya) is said to have the most beautiful women. Lake ...

Japonae ac Terrae Iessonis Novissima Descriptio.

Hokkaido is shown as being connected to Korea. With a description in English giving brief information on Japan and Korea and a rather detailed description of Taiwan (Form...

Route d' Osacca à Iedo / Route de Nangasacqui a Osacca.

A rare folio-sized copper engraving of Japan with the route from Osaka to Jedo (Tokyo) and the route from Nagasaki to Osaka. On the top map the details of the route from ...

Le Palais Imperial de Iedo [Imperial Palace Tokio]

Very decorative view of the Imperial Palace at Tokio. From : Montanus A., Ambassades Mémorables De La Compagnie Des Indes Orientales Des Provinces Unies Vers Les Empereu...

Miaco.

A late 17th century miniature view of the skyline of Miaco (Kyoto), by Allain Manneson Mallet (1630-1706), a well travelled military engineer and geographer who worked in...

Terre de Iesso.

A charming small map of Hokkaido and the northern part of Honshu, by Allain Manneson Mallet (1630-1706), a well travelled military engineer and geographer who worked in 1...

Isles du Japon.

A charming late 17th century French map with a very decorative title cartouche showing trumpet-blowing cherubs.From the German text edition published by Davis Zunners. Je...

Isles du Japon. / Die Insel Japon.

A charming late 17th century French map of the islands of Japan with a very decorative title cartouche showing trumpet-blowing cherubs.From the German text edition publis...

Isles du Japon.

A charming late 17th century French map with a very decorative title cartouche showing trumpet-blowing cherubs, by Allain Manneson Mallet (1630-1706), a well traveled mil...

Isles du Japon.

A charming late 17th century French map with a very decorative title cartouche showing trumpet-blowing cherubs, by Allain Manneson Mallet (1630-1706), a well traveled mil...

Isola del Giapone e penisola di Corea.

A most attractive and decorative map by Vincenzo Coronelli. An elaborate central title cartouche garlanded with intertwined flowers and dedicated to the Rev.de Fontaine o...

JAPONIA, 1692 (JAPAN)

Lovely miniature map showing Japan. The map is in a page within Latin text.

(Globe gore with part of Japan, Kamtchatka, Yedo and Ladrones)

Querter gore from his 110 centimeters in diameter globe of 1688 with part of Japan, eastern Siberia, Yedo and Ladrones. The sea is filled with a large Japanese navel batt...

Les Isles du Iapon.

William Adams Reystogt na Oost-Indien.. JAPAN. . .

Map of Japan and Korea. In lower right a fine title cartouche showing William Adams during an audience with the shogun, who sits under a baldachin on a fancifully portray...

Nangasaki appellé par les Chinois Tchangki.

Attractive bird's-eye view of Nagasaki by Jean de Fontaney from a French collection of Jesuit letters, volume 17. With reference key to principal points of interest. (A-H...

[Kawachi - Osaka Prefecture ]

Rare Japanese colored woodcut map of Kawachi (Osaka Prefecture). Very large size and scale, with excellent detail. Additional Japanese text to sides. These large maps are...

Iapon or Niphon, The Land of Iesso and Straits of the Vries &c.

This small, uncommon map of Japan, drawn on the Blaeu/Martini model, depicts a compact Honshu. The Land of Iesso is joined with the mainland and a faintly engraved coastl...

Wakan Sansai Zue (和漢三才図会 [Illustrated Sino-Japanese Encyclopedia - one volume].

The Wakan Sansai Zue (和漢三才図会, lit. "Illustrated Sino-Japanese Encyclopedia") is an illustrated...

SUCCESSION DES EMPEREURS DU JAPON AVEC UNE DESCRIPTION du MEURTRE DE L'EMPEREUR CUBO ET LA.

The plate is showing the murder of the Emperor Cubo at Kyoto, and the arrival of one of the early Dutch Ambassadors to Japan. A small map of Honshu in a central panel. Fr...

Succession de Empereurs du Japan avec une description du meutre de l' Emperuer Cubo et la Reception des Ambassadeurs Hollandoois en ce pays la. / Carte du Japon.

Henri Abraham Chatelain was a Amsterdam-based geographer and publisher. His main product is the 'Atlas Historique et Méthodique', in seven volumes, published between 171...

Vue et Desription de la Ville de Meaco Captitale du Japon avec d' autre particularitez du Pays. / Ville de Saccai. / Loge des Hollandois a Nanguesague / Grand Temple de Saccay.

Henri Abraham Chatelain was a Amsterdam-based geographer and publisher. His main product is the 'Atlas Historique et Méthodique', in seven volumes, published between 171...

L'Empire Du Japon, Tiré Des Cartes Des Japonnois.

A good impression of this decorative map of Japan based on Reland's map of 1715, one of the earliest to use both Latin names and Japanese characters.With inset of the bay...

L'Empire du Japon, tire des cartes des Japonnois.

A good impression of this decorative map of Japan based on Reland's map of `1715, one of the earliest to use both Latin names and Japanese characters. With inset of the b...

Succession des Empereurs du Japon avec une Description du Meutre de L'Empereur Cubo...

A composite sheet with a small map of Japan and two detailed views, one depicting the murder of the Emperor Cubo, the other, the reception of the Dutch ambassadors, each ...

L'EMPIRE DU JAPON, TIRE DES CARTES DES JAPONNOIS (JAPAN).

A beautiful old colored map, which was published by Henri Chatelain in 1719 for his 'Atlas Historique'. Published from 1705 to 1720, the 'Atlas Historique' was intended f...

Vue et description de la Ville de Meaco Capitale du Japon..

"Top part of the print shows the town of Meaco (Kyoto) at that time the capital of Japan, with a coach and horses in the foreground. Other parts show among other thi...

Vue et description de la Ville de Meaco Capitale du Japon.

Top part of the print shows a panoramic view of Meaco (Kyoto) at that time the capital of Japan, with a coach and horses in the foreground. Other parts show among other t...

Vue et description de la Ville de Meaco Capitale du Japon..

Top part of the print shows the town of Meaco (Kyoto) at that time the capital of Japan, with a coach and horses in the foreground. Other parts show among other things th...

Imperium Japonicum.

The map is based on Englebert Kaempfer's map of 1727. It shows a much distorted outline for the Island of Japan and a wonderful decorative cartouche top left.The map was ...

Vue et description de la Ville de Meaco Capitale du Japon. . .

Top part of the print shows the town of Meaco (Kyoto) at that time the capital of Japan, with a coach and horses in the foreground. Other parts show among other things th...

L'Empire du Japon, tiré des cartes des Japonnois.

A good impression of this decorative map of Japan based on Reland's map of 1715, one of the earliest to use both Latin names and Japanese characters. With inset of the ba...

Vue et description de la Ville de Meaco Capitale du Japon. . .

Top part of the print shows the town of Meaco (Kyoto) at that time the capital of Japan, with a coach and horses in the foreground. Other parts show among other things th...

Nieuwe kaart van het eyland Japan.

The map originally appeared in Valentijn's book Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien (Dordrecht/Amsterdam 1724/26). With in the right bottom corner the imprint J.van Braam en G. onde...

Nieuwe kaart van het eyland Japan.

The map originally appeared in Valentijn's book Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien (Dordrecht/Amsterdam 1724/26). With in the right bottom corner the imprint J.van Braam en G. onde...

Nieuwe Kaart van het Eyland Japan...

This copper engraved map of Japan divides the country by provinces, and extends to show the eastern border of Korea. Only the mountain ranges are depicted in the interior...

Nieuwe kaart van het Eyland Japan..

"The map originally appeared in Valentijn's book ""Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien"" (Dordrecht/Amsterdam 1724/26). With in the right bottom corner the ...

Nieuwe Kaart van het Eyland Japan verbeterd door Froncois Valentyn . . .

The map shows each of the Japanese provinces, with place names along the route from Nagasaki to Jedo and extends to show the eastern border of Korea. Only the mountain ra...

Imperium Japonicum in sexaginta et octo provincias..

The most important influence on European maps of Japan during the early years of the eighteenth century was that of E. Kaempfer based upon the manuscripts compiled during...

Urbs Nangasaki Cum Portu & Agro circumjacenti..

Showing Nagasaki harbour. From The History of Japan, Scheuchzer's translation of Kaempfer's Imperium Japonicum.