Detail View: Old Maps Collection: Japonia Regnum
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Barcode:
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4687820500360
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Title:
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Japonia Regnum
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Original Title:
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Iaponia Regnvm
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Contributor:
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Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673, author, publisher
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Category:
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General Maps
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Type:
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Printed
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Language:
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Latin
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Language:
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Dutch
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Language:
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Portuguese
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Create Year:
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[1655]
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Format:
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JPEG 15121 × 13075, 52.6MB
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Scale:
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[ca. 1:3,600,000] (E 119°40ʹ00ʺ--E 153°59ʹ00ʺ/N 45°31ʹ00ʺ--N 23°43ʹ00ʺ).
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Physical Map Dimension (cm):
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42 x 57 cm, on sheet 56 x 68 cm
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Note:
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This map has Japan as its main body, however this is an important map for it is one of the first maps depicting Korea as a peninsula as opposed to an island. Part of China with the Great Wall can also be spotted on the left upper corner of the map. The islands of Japan are depicted in the Teixeira type, more horizontal than vertical which was common map convention of the time. Dotted lines separate political divisions, with each province labeled. Mountains speckle the landscape, suggesting the hilly terrain of the archipelago. On the upper right corner of the map a landmass is peeking out, which is Hokkaido still name 'Eso'. The Christian communities in Japan are marked with a cross on the stylized buildings and two volcanic islands are shown with smoke.
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Note:
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Original is a copperplate printed map watercolor by hand, 41 x 56 cm.
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Note:
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Double scale line in Latin and German miles in black and yellow interchangeably on the right bottom corner of the map.
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Note:
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Prime meridian: Ferro.
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Note:
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Relief shown pictorially.
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Note:
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Different administrative regions outlined in different colors.
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Note:
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The four borders of the map with latitude and longitude lines and labelled with North, South, East and West in Latin Septentrio (Septentriones), Meridies, Oriens and Occidens.
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Note:
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Map outlined in double fillet colored yellow.
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Geographic Area:
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Japan
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Geographic Area:
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Korea
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Geographic Area:
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China
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Provenance:
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Harvard Map Collection
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Provenance:
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http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990125785090203941/catalog
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Provenance Call No.:
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G7960 1655 .B5
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MUST holding:
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https://must.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/853MUST_INST/171sgkf/alma991002992049705076
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