Empire of Japan.
London,
Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, Paternoster Row,
1807.
Double-page engraved map.
275 by 420mm. (10.75 by 16.5 inches).
15902
notes:
Finely engraved map of Japan by Aaron Arrowsmith, the leading British cartographer of his day.
The map shows rivers, mountains, gold mines, towns, and cities. Fatsitio (Hachijō-jima) is marked 'Fatsisio, or Unhappy I. The Place of Exile for the Japanese Grandees.' The interior of Korea has been left blank, except for a scale in British and Japanese miles. ...
The map shows rivers, mountains, gold mines, towns, and cities. Fatsitio (Hachijō-jima) is marked 'Fatsisio, or Unhappy I. The Place of Exile for the Japanese Grandees.' The interior of Korea has been left blank, except for a scale in British and Japanese miles. ...
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provenance:
“…one of the largest, beautifullest, most useful, and diverting Ornaments…”
Greenough’s riposte to Smith in the battle of the geological maps
Shanghai Sewers
“Hops, reformation, turkeys, carp, and beer, came into England all in one year”
The first world map in a world atlas compiled and published by an Englishman 


