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Janssonius: Antique Map East Asia. Japan & Korea, 1630
Janssonius: Antique Map East Asia. Japan & Korea, 1630
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  • Title/Content of Map: East Asia. Japan and Korea (as an island), Amsterdam
  • Date Printed: 1630's
  • Cartographer: Janssonius Joannes
  • Material/Medium: Paper
  • Size: 22" x 19"

    French text on verso. Published in Amsterdam. Hand colored, copperplate engraved. French edition. A beautiful Map with a distorted shape of Japan with the Northern island of Hokkaido missing. On Korea, scipt mentions the uncertaintly of Korea being an island or a peninsula. The 'Islas dos Ladrones' on the bottom tip of Korea is the 'island of thieves', a reference to piracy. The seas are shared between European trade ships and a sea monster. A cherub measures atop a miles scale.

    Johannes Jansson /Jan Janssonius (1588-1664) was a Dutch cartographer and publisher active in the 17th century who lived and worked in Amsterdam.

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