Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era

Shinkan Yochi zenzu Kamimura, Fukusaburō

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Cover attached; cover title: 官許新刊輿地全圖 Kankyo shinkan yochi zenzu (Newly published Map of the earth, permitted by the government). Prime meridian: Washington, D.C. Kimura Tsuyoshi's preface is dated "Mizunoe Inu" (Bunkyū 2). World chart on Mercator's projection with numerous ocean routes. The map is bordered by 159 flags of foreign nations in color. Cited in: WSN; 274

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