Schnell (Edward) Navigational Map of the World ?????
Schnell (Edward) Navigational Map of the World ????? [Bankoku k?kai zu], hand-coloured engraving, showing voyages of major explorers, repaired wormholing, bound in modern cloth boards preserving original title label, unfolded 900 x 1710 mm, Yokohama, Ansei 5 [1862]
*** Based upon an English original drawn by John Purdy in 1845. The use of Mercator's projection is highly significant, as it makes this one of the first maps to break with a long tradition of placing Japan as the focal point.
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Schnell (Edward) Navigational Map of the World ????? [Bankoku k?kai zu], hand-coloured engraving, showing voyages of major explorers, repaired wormholing, bound in modern cloth boards preserving original title label, unfolded 900 x 1710 mm, Yokohama, Ansei 5 [1862]
*** Based upon an English original drawn by John Purdy in 1845. The use of Mercator's projection is highly significant, as it makes this one of the first maps to break with a long tradition of placing Japan as the focal point.