(WORLD) Bankoku Chikyu Kochi Zenzu

Sale 2481 - Lot 240

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(WORLD.) Bankoku Chikyu Kochi Zenzu. Color woodblock folding map of the world on an oval projection with a small terrestrial globe inset at lower left. On two sheets joined, 14 1/2x26 inches, folding into slightly worn blue paper self-wrappers with printed paper label; map in excellent condition. Japan, Kaei 6 (1853)

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Fine and attractive Japanese world map in the fashion of Nagakudo Sekisui who based his geography on the influential 1602 Chinese map of the world by Matteo Ricci. The present map was published in the same year of Perry's first visit to Japan.