Seller: Konstantinopel ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLERS., ENSCHEDE, Netherlands
Map
US$ 1,795.85
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Add to basketThe map of the whole world, newly translated from Dutch sources], hand-colored woodblock, repaired worm holing & loss, rebacked and mounted on modern cloth boards, unfolded 570 x 940 mm, Kobayashi Tazaemon et al., Edo, Kansei 8 [1796]. Double hemispherical world map, copied from Dutch maps of the early 1700s. Australia lacks an eastern coastline and is shown joined to Antartica, labelled as 'Magellanica', or Land of Magellan. There is extensive text on accompanying sheets, with information on geography and astronomy.