A New and Accurate Map of the Empire of Japan

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A New and Accurate Map of the Empire of Japan.

Laid down from the Memoirs of the Portuguese and Dutch; and, particularly from the Jesuit Missionaries, as publish'd by the S.r Bellin at Paris, Being adjusted by Astronomical Obserat.ns

BOWEN, Emanuel and BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas
[London],
T. Osborne, A. Millar, J. Rivington, B. Law and Co.,
[1766].
Engraved map.
378 by 473mm. (15 by 18.5 inches).
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The third state of the map, published in Bowen's 'The Maps and Charts to the Modern Part of the Universal History'. The map identifies provinces, towns, islands, lakes, mountains, and many other details. Several annotations note the recently discovered islands, colonial details, etc.

A Complete System of Geography…', 1747. As Bowen states in his title cartouche, his map owes much to that created by Bellin from Kaempfer for the first edition of Charlevoix's 'Hist...

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bibliography:

Hubbard 91.3; Shirley T.Bow-2c.

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