Collection Items
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MapSankai yochi zenzu.
山海輿地全圖 Scale ca. 1:27,000,000 at the equator. Wood block print, hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows continents and oceans of the world at about 1600. Based on Matteo Ricci's World map which was published in China in 1602. Includes text. At head of text: Chikyū bankoku sankai yochi zenzu setsu. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2- Contributor: Ricci, Matteo - Nagakubo, Sekisui
- Date: 1785-01-01
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MapSekai daisō no zu.
世界大相圖 Wood block print. Relief shown pictorially. Single set of characters readable as either Japanese or Chinese. Box title. LC copy annotated with brush and ink on verso of maps: Dai 24-gō. On verso of map [1]: Shumi Nan'enbudai. On verso of box cover: Bunsei 13 [1830]. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. [1] 閻浮提図附日宮図. 文化 5 [1808]...- Contributor: Zontō
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MapKankai kōro shinzu
環海航路新圖 / Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Kotenseki sōgō mokuroku, 2013-09-11 (環海航路新図 (かんかいこうろしんず), 地図 1枚; 著者: 広瀬包章; 出版事項: 須原屋茂兵衛 <江> 他 3, 文久 2). LC copy has "廣瀬氏藏板" stamped. DLC- Contributor: Hirose, Aishin - Hirose, Hoan - Hirose, Ikkō - Japanese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1862-01-01