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Miriken shinzu Nakayama, Motonari
Description
Cover attached; cover title: 海國圖志彌理堅國圖 Kaikoku zushi Mirikenkoku zu. Roads and towns indicated; text on either side. ; Shows mythical Caledonia river which appeared on David Thompson's first map of 1812 and removed on second map), and copied by later cartographers.
Item Metadata
| Title |
Miriken shinzu; 彌理堅新圖
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| Alternate Title |
New map of America; Meriken shinzu; 弥理堅新図
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| Creator | |
| Publisher |
[place of publication unknown : publisher not identified]
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| Date Created |
1854; 嘉永 (Kaei) 7
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| Description |
Cover attached; cover title: 海國圖志彌理堅國圖 Kaikoku zushi Mirikenkoku zu. Roads and towns indicated; text on either side. ; Shows mythical Caledonia river which appeared on David Thompson's first map of 1812 and removed on second map), and copied by later cartographers.
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| Extent |
1 map : woodcut, colour ; 39.5 x 67.0 cm on 43.6 x 106.7 cm
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| File Format |
application/pdf
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| Language |
Japanese
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| Notes |
Reproduced in: 日本古地図大成世界図編 Nihon kochizu taisei, Sekaizu hen, pl. 97. Orientation: south. Projection: Mercator. An improved version of rough map in an earlier Chinese edition of the book 海国図志墨利加洲部 Kaikoku zushi Amerika-shū bu, which was published in 1854 by 中山伝右衛門 Nakayama Den'emon.
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| Identifier |
G3300.1854 N2; G3300_1854_N2
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| Collection | |
| Series | |
| Source |
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. G3300.1854 N2
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| Date Available |
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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| Catalogue Record | |
| DOI |
10.14288/1.0216582
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| Aggregated Source Repository |
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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