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    Bankoku no zue.

    • Title:Bankoku no zue.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Koyano, Yoshiharu.
    • Published/Created:[Place of publication not identified : Publisher not identified, late Edo : (18--)].
    • Holdings

      • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Japanese mapsWhere is this?
      • Call Number: G3200 .1800z
      • Number of Items:1
      • Status:Available
      • Location Has:Shelved at: 1L

       
    • Subject(s):World
    • Description:1 map : ms., col. ; 108 x 161 cm.
    • Series:Beans; Addenda.
      [Beans]; Addenda.
    • Notes:Cover attached; title from cover.
      This map has been influenced by Koyano's BANKOKU ICHIRAN ZU, 1809.
      Some European countries appear as islands in the north polar sea; North and South American states are strung in a long line.
      Remarkably transformed shape of the world with Japan at its center.
      Outlines of continents are greatly distorted despite the use of latitute and longitude, and an explanation of the degree concept.
      The paper used is thicker and coarser than usual.
    • Cited in:WSN; 145
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