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Map Sankai yochi zenzu. 山海輿地全圖

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Title

  • Sankai yochi zenzu.

Other Title

  • 山海輿地全圖

Names

  • Nagakubo, Sekisui, 1717-1801.
  • Ricci, Matteo, 1552-1610.

Created / Published

  • Naniwa : Akitaya Taemon : Amiya Mohei, [1785?]

Headings

  • -  Earth

Genre

  • World maps
  • Early maps

Notes

  • -  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

Medium

  • 1 map : col. 70 x 148 cm. folded in cover 29 x 18 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3200 1785 .N31

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • gm71005079

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Nagakubo, Sekisui, and Matteo Ricci. Sankai Yochi Zenzu. [Naniwa: Akitaya Taemon: Amiya Mohei, ?, 1785] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gm71005079/.

APA citation style:

Nagakubo, S. & Ricci, M. (1785) Sankai Yochi Zenzu. [Naniwa: Akitaya Taemon: Amiya Mohei, ?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gm71005079/.

MLA citation style:

Nagakubo, Sekisui, and Matteo Ricci. Sankai Yochi Zenzu. [Naniwa: Akitaya Taemon: Amiya Mohei, ?, 1785] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gm71005079/>.