COLLECTION NAME:
Old Maps Collection
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Old Maps Collection
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Barcode:
3687800354491F
identifier
3687800354491F
Barcode
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Title:
Carte de l'Empire du Japon : dressé sur les auteurs Japonois, sur les Memoires des Portugais et des Hollandois, et en particulier sur ceux des RRPP. de la Comp.e de Jesus
title
Carte de l'Empire du Japon : dressé sur les auteurs Japonois, sur les Memoires des Portugais et des Hollandois, et en particulier sur ceux des RRPP. de la Comp.e de Jesus
Title
false
Contributor:
Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas, 1703-1772, cartographer
contributor
Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas, 1703-1772, cartographer
Contributor
false
Contributor:
Dheulland, Guillaume, 17---ca. 1770, engraver
contributor
Dheulland, Guillaume, 17---ca. 1770, engraver
Contributor
false
Category:
General Maps
category
General Maps
Category
false
Type:
Printed
type
Printed
Type
false
Language:
French
language
French
Language
false
Create Year:
1735
date
1735
Create Year
false
Scale:
[1:3,000,000].
scale
[1:3,000,000].
Scale
false
Physical Map Dimension (cm):
41 x 54 cm, on sheet 46 x 64 cm
obj_height_cm
41 x 54 cm, on sheet 46 x 64 cm
Physical Map Dimension (cm)
false
Note:
This map depicts the island of Japan showing provinces (delineated via dotted lines), islands, towns, mountains and rivers. It was one of the best maps of Japan from the mid-18th century. The main island of Honshu is named as 'Isle de Nipon', Kyushu is marked 'Isle de Ximo' and Shikoku as 'I. de Xixoco'. The map is however missing the island of Hokkaido that was already standard at the time with the name of Yezo. For Bellin believed Kamchatka to be the same as Hokkaido. The map places an emphasis on the coastlines and water features of the area, including the Korean Sea (Mer de Corée) and the Sea of Japan (Mer du Japon). The various islands are represented in great detail. Bellin cited both Jesuit and Portuguese sources in the creation of this map. He also used a wider variety of sources, including Dutch, Russian, and Japanese sources. However, his main source of information for the map was German traveler Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1716), who was one of the foremost experts on Japan and Persia in the 17th century. Kaempfer was likely excluded from the citation due to Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix’s (1682-1761) Jesuit background and preference for Jesuit sources.
note
This map depicts the island of Japan showing provinces (delineated via dotted lines), islands, towns, mountains and rivers. It was one of the best maps of Japan from the mid-18th century. The main island of Honshu is named as 'Isle de Nipon', Kyushu is marked 'Isle de Ximo' and Shikoku as 'I. de Xixoco'. The map is however missing the island of Hokkaido that was already standard at the time with the name of Yezo. For Bellin believed Kamchatka to be the same as Hokkaido. The map places an emphasis on the coastlines and water features of the area, including the Korean Sea (Mer de Corée) and the Sea of Japan (Mer du Japon). The various islands are represented in great detail. Bellin cited both Jesuit and Portuguese sources in the creation of this map. He also used a wider variety of sources, including Dutch, Russian, and Japanese sources. However, his main source of information for the map was German traveler Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1716), who was one of the foremost experts on Japan and Persia in the 17th century. Kaempfer was likely excluded from the citation due to Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix’s (1682-1761) Jesuit background and preference for Jesuit sources.
Note
false
Note:
Original is a copperplate printed map, 46 x 64 cm.
note
Original is a copperplate printed map, 46 x 64 cm.
Note
false
Note:
Underneath the title cartouche on the left side: "Dheulland Sculp."
note
Underneath the title cartouche on the left side: "Dheulland Sculp."
Note
false
Note:
Title inside scroll work phytomorphic cartouche sided by two figures (the one on the right seems like a fighter for it has two swords and a fire gun) and headed by a halo head. There is one full and a half 32-point compass roses on the map with a fleur-de-lis indicating north. The rhumb lines for the principal winds are bold lines, the half-winds in simple lines and the quarter-winds in dotted lines.
note
Title inside scroll work phytomorphic cartouche sided by two figures (the one on the right seems like a fighter for it has two swords and a fire gun) and headed by a halo head. There is one full and a half 32-point compass roses on the map with a fleur-de-lis indicating north. The rhumb lines for the principal winds are bold lines, the half-winds in simple lines and the quarter-winds in dotted lines.
Note
false
Note:
Double scale line underneath the title in Japanese miles and French miles in black and white interchangeably.
note
Double scale line underneath the title in Japanese miles and French miles in black and white interchangeably.
Note
false
Note:
Relief shown pictorially.
note
Relief shown pictorially.
Note
false
Note:
The four borders of the map with latitude and longitude lines in black and white interchangeably.
note
The four borders of the map with latitude and longitude lines in black and white interchangeably.
Note
false
Note:
Map outlined in double fillet.
note
Map outlined in double fillet.
Note
false
Reference:
Walter, L. Japan: a cartographic vision, 81
reference
Walter, L. Japan: a cartographic vision, 81
Reference
false
Reference:
Hubbard. J.C., Japoniae Insulae : the Mapping of Japan: Historical Introduction and Cartobibliography of European Printed Maps of Japan to 1800
reference
Hubbard. J.C., Japoniae Insulae : the Mapping of Japan: Historical Introduction and Cartobibliography of European Printed Maps of Japan to 1800
Reference
false
Geographic Area:
Japan
geographic_area
Japan
Geographic Area
false
Provenance:
Archives Nationales de France
source
Archives Nationales de France
Provenance
false
Provenance:
source
https://www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/siv/IR/FRAN_IR_050187
Provenance
false
Provenance Call No.:
NN/169/13
original_call_no
NN/169/13
Provenance Call No.
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MUST holding:
must_holding
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MUST holding
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