"Carte de l'Empire du Japon", Bellin/Van Schley
Subject: Japan
Period: 1758 (circa)
Publication: Prevost's Historische Beschryving de Reizen...
Color: Black & White
Size:
12.1 x 8.3 inches
30.7 x 21.1 cm
This is a Dutch version of Bellin's influential map made for Jesuit Father Pierre-Francois-Xavier de Charlevoix's Histoire du Japon, published in 1758. Japan is presented on the Kaempfer/Scheuchzer model with several corrections to the coastlines, and individual provinces are delineated via engraved line. The Mer de Coree is shown to the west. The decorative rococo-style title cartouche includes two distance scales. Dutch title below the map image. Engraved by J. van Schley.
References: Walter #OAG-107; cf. Hubbard #109.
Condition: A
A dark impression with a few faint spots. Issued folding.
