Dec 13, 2018 - Sale 2496

Sale 2496 - Lot 98

Price Realized: $ 3,380
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(JAPAN.) Bankoku Sankai Tsuran Bunzu. Woodblock kawaraban broadside map of the Pacific Ocean with Commodore Matthew Perry's "Black Ships" arriving in Japan. 9x12 1/4 inches sheet size, wide margins; one minute wormhole, else very fine. Japan, circa 1853

Additional Details

A rare Perry-related kawaraban design including the western portion of North America. Distances from Japan to America, England, Korea, China, Holland and Russia are included at the top of the map.