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Oranda shinyaku chikyû zenzu Hashimoto, Sōkichi, 1763-1836
Description
Scale [ca. 1:120,000,000]. In original covers, which have the embossed Dutch title "Algemeene Waereld Kaart". References: Boxer, p. 22 (mentions editions of this same year without the embossed Dutch title). The eastern half of Australia is omitted in outline, whereas Kokan's map of 1792 includes it; also, California is drawn as an island, whereas in the 1792 map it is shown as a peninsula. Reproduced in: Beans, A list of Japanese maps, (1951), fp.29;Kurita, no. 7; K. Unno, Chizu no shewa, pp. 305-312; McLoughlin, The mapping of California as an island, 243. Polar projection. Hand-colouring includes primary circles of latitude in gold.
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Oranda shinyaku chikyû zenzu; 喎蘭新譯地球全圖
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The compete map of the whole world, newly translated from Dutch sources; 喎蘭新訳地球全図 和蘭新訳地球全図
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Kyōto : Ogawa Tazaemon ; Edo : Kitagawa Ihachi ; Ōsaka : Asano Yahē ; Ōsaka : Sotani Rinzō
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DateCreated |
1797; [寛政 (Kansei) 8, i.e. 寛政 (Kansei) 9]
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Description |
Scale [ca. 1:120,000,000]. In original covers, which have the embossed Dutch title "Algemeene Waereld Kaart". References: Boxer, p. 22 (mentions editions of this same year without the embossed Dutch title). The eastern half of Australia is omitted in outline, whereas Kokan's map of 1792 includes it; also, California is drawn as an island, whereas in the 1792 map it is shown as a peninsula. Reproduced in: Beans, A list of Japanese maps, (1951), fp.29;Kurita, no. 7; K. Unno, Chizu no shewa, pp. 305-312; McLoughlin, The mapping of California as an island, 243. Polar projection. Hand-colouring includes primary circles of latitude in gold.
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Extent |
1 map : woodcut, manuscript, colour ; 2 hemispheres, each 32.5 cm diameter, including text 50.7 x 89.5 cm
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application/pdf
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Language |
Japanese
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Identifier |
G3200 1797 .S6; G3200_1797_S6
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Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. G3200 1797 .S6
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DateAvailable |
2015
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Provider |
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Rights |
Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca
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10.14288/1.0214249
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Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca