Map of Japan, Nova et accurata Japoniae, Terrae Esones, ac Insularum adjacentium (title on object), Map of Japan to scale (1: 5 mill.) With a part from China and Korea. The depth is indicated along the coasts. The various islands and countries are colored at the borders. A colored compass rose in the middle and right. Four ships on the sea. At the top an explanation of the degree distribution, framed and colored, flanked by three putti. Bottom right five Eastern men, three of them with weapons, one with a bunch of flowers and one weighed down, maps of separate countries or regions, Japan, Johannes Janssonius (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, c. 1658, paper, engraving, h 550 mm × w 454 mm
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Map, Japan, Nova et accurata Japoniae, Terrae Esones, ac Insularum adjacentium, title, object, scale, 1, 5 mill, part, China, Korea, depth, indicated, coasts, various islands, countries, colored, borders, colored compass rose, middle, right, Four ships, sea, top, explanation, degree distribution, framed, flanked, three putti, Bottom right five Eastern men, three, weapons, bunch, flowers, weighed down, maps, separate countries, regions, Johannes Janssonius, mentioned, Amsterdam, c, 1658, paper, engraving
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