Early Japan from Mercator/Hondius Atlas

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Author: Hondius, Jodocus
Title: Iaponia
Place Published: Amsterdam
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Date Published: 1606-[1619]
Description:

Copper-engraved map, hand-colored. 34.3x44.5 cm. (13½x17½").

Japan as perceived by Europeans at the beginning of the 17th century, first issued in the 1606 Mercator-Hondius atlas, and in subsequent editions over the next three and a half decades. The present copy has French text on verso, and is from the 1619 edition of the atlas. The map is based on the Ortelius/Teixeira model with Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku depicted with approximately the correct proportions. Korea is shown as an island, although Hondius added a notation to the effect that is was uncertain if the region was an island or a peninsula.
Condition Report: Faint stains at top and bottom; very good.