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Old Maps Collection
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Old Maps Collection
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Barcode:
4687820500428
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4687820500428
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Title:
Imperium Japonicum per regiones digestum sex et sexaginta atque ex ipsorum Japonensium mappis descriptum
title
Imperium Japonicum per regiones digestum sex et sexaginta atque ex ipsorum Japonensium mappis descriptum
Title
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Original Title:
Imperivm Japonicvm per regiones digestvm sex et sexaginta atqve ex ipsorvm Japonensivm mappis descriptvm
full_title
Imperivm Japonicvm per regiones digestvm sex et sexaginta atqve ex ipsorvm Japonensivm mappis descriptvm
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Other Title:
Conspectus urbis Nangasacki, et Insulae ante illam sitae, in qua sedes est Batavorum.
other_title
Conspectus urbis Nangasacki, et Insulae ante illam sitae, in qua sedes est Batavorum.
Other Title
false
Contributor:
Reelant, Adriaan, 1676-1718, cartographer
contributor
Reelant, Adriaan, 1676-1718, cartographer
Contributor
false
Contributor:
Ottens, Reinier, 1698-1750, printer
contributor
Ottens, Reinier, 1698-1750, printer
Contributor
false
Contributor:
Ottens, Josua, 1704-1765, printer
contributor
Ottens, Josua, 1704-1765, printer
Contributor
false
Contributor:
Goeree, Jan, 1670-1731, illustrator
contributor
Goeree, Jan, 1670-1731, illustrator
Contributor
false
Contributor:
Ruyter, Baltasar, fl. 1700-1730, engraver
contributor
Ruyter, Baltasar, fl. 1700-1730, engraver
Contributor
false
Contributor:
Bignon, Jean-Paul, 1662-1743, dedicatee
contributor
Bignon, Jean-Paul, 1662-1743, dedicatee
Contributor
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Category:
General Maps
category
General Maps
Category
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Type:
Printed
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Printed
Type
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Language:
Dutch
language
Dutch
Language
false
Language:
Japanese
language
Japanese
Language
false
Language:
Latin
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Latin
Language
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Create Year:
[ca. 1740]
date
[ca. 1740]
Create Year
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Format:
JPEG 15404 × 13250, 73.4MB
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JPEG 15404 × 13250, 73.4MB
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Scale:
[ca. 1:2,250,000] (E 124°05'00"-E 148°38'00"/N 45°42'00"-N 30°37'00").
scale
[ca. 1:2,250,000] (E 124°05'00"-E 148°38'00"/N 45°42'00"-N 30°37'00").
Scale
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Physical Map Dimension (cm):
44 x 60 cm, on sheet 60 x 90 cm
obj_height_cm
44 x 60 cm, on sheet 60 x 90 cm
Physical Map Dimension (cm)
false
Note:
This map was the first map to use Sino-Japanese characters on a European printed map. The sources of this map were mainly Japanese maps, most notably a map from the library or Benjamin Dutry (fl. 1742-1752), a former director of the Dutch East India Company. Although for the Nagasaki inset the sources are still mainly from cumulative European knowledge. Honshu the main Japanese island -here named simply Nipon, Japan- is in a distorted view because the geographical shape was made to fit the format of the map and so represents a step backwards in the depiction of this particular island in European cartography. However, Kyushu -spelled Kioesioe on the map- is very accurate and its depiction is not surpassed in European maps until the 19th century. Another improvement is the Sino-Japanese characters and the removal of many fictitious places.
note
This map was the first map to use Sino-Japanese characters on a European printed map. The sources of this map were mainly Japanese maps, most notably a map from the library or Benjamin Dutry (fl. 1742-1752), a former director of the Dutch East India Company. Although for the Nagasaki inset the sources are still mainly from cumulative European knowledge. Honshu the main Japanese island -here named simply Nipon, Japan- is in a distorted view because the geographical shape was made to fit the format of the map and so represents a step backwards in the depiction of this particular island in European cartography. However, Kyushu -spelled Kioesioe on the map- is very accurate and its depiction is not surpassed in European maps until the 19th century. Another improvement is the Sino-Japanese characters and the removal of many fictitious places.
Note
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Note:
Inset 1: Conspectus urbis Nangasacki, et Insulae ante illam sitae, in qua sedes est Batavorum. - Scale indeterminable. - 14 x 22 cm.
note
Inset 1: Conspectus urbis Nangasacki, et Insulae ante illam sitae, in qua sedes est Batavorum. - Scale indeterminable. - 14 x 22 cm.
Note
false
Note:
Original is a copperplate printed map colored by hand, 44 x 59 cm.
note
Original is a copperplate printed map colored by hand, 44 x 59 cm.
Note
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Note:
On the right bottom corner of the dedicatee cartouche: "J. Goeree in.". And on the right bottom corne of the map: "B. Ruyter sculp."
note
On the right bottom corner of the dedicatee cartouche: "J. Goeree in.". And on the right bottom corne of the map: "B. Ruyter sculp."
Note
false
Note:
On the bottom center of the map there is a dedication to Jean-Paul Bignon inside a cartouche with a miter and the coat of arms of the dedicatee on top sided by two angels. Examples of Japanese ceramics that were a popular import to the Netherlands are displayed at the base of the cartouche. On the left of the cartouche there is a representation of natives, Samurai merchants and farmers with a Pagoda on the back and on the right side are represented fisherman and a Japanese junk. On the inset of Nagasaki can be seen 20 medallions with the coats of arms of Japanese noble families with a bigger one on the right upper side of the Japanese Empire with an unidentified portrait. There is a 4-point compass rose on the map with a fleur de lis indicating north.
note
On the bottom center of the map there is a dedication to Jean-Paul Bignon inside a cartouche with a miter and the coat of arms of the dedicatee on top sided by two angels. Examples of Japanese ceramics that were a popular import to the Netherlands are displayed at the base of the cartouche. On the left of the cartouche there is a representation of natives, Samurai merchants and farmers with a Pagoda on the back and on the right side are represented fisherman and a Japanese junk. On the inset of Nagasaki can be seen 20 medallions with the coats of arms of Japanese noble families with a bigger one on the right upper side of the Japanese Empire with an unidentified portrait. There is a 4-point compass rose on the map with a fleur de lis indicating north.
Note
false
Note:
Both scale lines for the main map and the inset on the left bottom corner of their respective map. In German miles in black and white interchangeably.
note
Both scale lines for the main map and the inset on the left bottom corner of their respective map. In German miles in black and white interchangeably.
Note
false
Note:
Relief shown pictorially. And bathymetric soundings on the inset.
note
Relief shown pictorially. And bathymetric soundings on the inset.
Note
false
Note:
Land masses and islands outlined and colored in different colors.
note
Land masses and islands outlined and colored in different colors.
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 colored yellow.
note
Map outlined in double fillet colored yellow.
Note
false
Reference:
Hubbard, J.C. Japoniae Insulae: the mapping of Japan, map 67, p. 282-286
reference
Hubbard, J.C. Japoniae Insulae: the mapping of Japan, map 67, p. 282-286
Reference
false
Reference:
Cortazzi, H. Isles of Gold:antique maps of Japan, map 41-43
reference
Cortazzi, H. Isles of Gold:antique maps of Japan, map 41-43
Reference
false
Reference:
Campbell, T. Japan: European printed maps to 1800, map 77, p. 49
reference
Campbell, T. Japan: European printed maps to 1800, map 77, p. 49
Reference
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Geographic Area:
Nagasaki-ken (Japan)
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Nagasaki-ken (Japan)
Geographic Area
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Geographic Area:
Japan
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Japan
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Provenance:
Harvard College Library
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Harvard College Library
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Provenance:
source
http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990125796790203941/catalog
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Provenance Call No.:
G7961.F7 1740 .R4
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G7961.F7 1740 .R4
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MUST holding:
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