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Japonię insulę: The Mapping of Japan systematically categorizes and provides an overview of all the European printed maps of Japan published to 1800.
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Jason Hubbard (1944) has collected maps for several decades, about which he has published in Imago Mundi, and has written a number of articles for both the printed as well as the web version of Map Forum. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, member of The Club of Odd Volumes in Boston, MA and of the International Map Collector's Society.
The author was raised and educated in Mexico City and graduated from the University of the Americas with a Master's in Business Administration. He spent 25 years with Polaroid Corporation in a variety of marketing and management assignments in Latin America, the Far East, Europe and North America. His travels, both for business and for pleasure have taken him to well over 100 countries. His passion for maps dates from 1971 when he made his first purchase, a map by Blaeu, whilst residing in Panama.
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The author was raised and educated in Mexico City and graduated from the University of the Americas with a Master's in Business Administration. He spent 25 years with Polaroid Corporation in a variety of marketing and management assignments in Latin America, the Far East, Europe and North America. His travels, both for business and for pleasure have taken him to well over 100 countries. His passion for maps dates from 1971 when he made his first purchase, a map by Blaeu, whilst residing in Panama.
"I must confess that the moment I laid eyes on this sumptuous volume, I knew that I had to have my own copy" [...] "the beautiful reproductions are a feast for the eyes" [...] "taken as a whole, the cartobibliography is simply overwhelming."
Bruce L. Batten, J.F. Oberlin University, Tokyo. In: Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 68, No. 2 (2013), pp. 289-292.
Bruce L. Batten, J.F. Oberlin University, Tokyo. In: Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 68, No. 2 (2013), pp. 289-292.
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- PublisherBrill | Hes & De Graaf
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 9061945313
- ISBN 13 9789061945314
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages444
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