17th-century Map Of Japan By Hondius: *japonia*

Map in antique colors, formerly mounted on a backing; has missing sections and restorations in several places; the original text is visible through the paper on the reverse.

Map of the Japanese islands, drawn by Jodocus Hondius in the early 17th century and first published in
the expanded 1606 Mercator-Hondius Atlas.
This map draws heavily on the 1595 Ortelius-Teixeira map and depicts Korea as an elongated island,
as well as the three main islands of Japan.
It illustrates the earliest attempts at a precise geographical representation of Japan, based on available information
provided by merchants, missionaries, and earlier maps.
This map also symbolizes the period of intense cultural and commercial exchange between Japan and Europe, just before
Japan’s isolation (Sakoku) under the Tokugawa shogunate.

Map in original colors, formerly backed, with missing sections and restorations in several places; the original text is visible through the paper on the reverse.

Reference: Campbell 13.

• Technique: Etching in period colors

• Image width: 445.00
• Image height: 345.00
• Sheet width: 520.00
• Sheet height: 397.00