Vue et Description de la Ville de Meaco Capitale du Japon
avec d'autres particularitez du pays.
[Amsterdam,
1714-1720].
Engraved sheet with five views and a plan.
437 by 519mm. (17.25 by 20.5 inches).
15862
notes:
A folio sheet with five views and one plan of locations in Japan from Henri Abraham Chatelain's 'Atlas Historique'.
The French text in the middle described the cities of Kyoto and Tokyo. The views are of Kyoto, the Dutch settlement of Deshima, two views of the town and temple Sakai, a Japanese marriage ceremony, and the persecution of Christian martyrs. Deshima was the base of the Dutch East India Company and one of the few areas in which European traders were al...
The French text in the middle described the cities of Kyoto and Tokyo. The views are of Kyoto, the Dutch settlement of Deshima, two views of the town and temple Sakai, a Japanese marriage ceremony, and the persecution of Christian martyrs. Deshima was the base of the Dutch East India Company and one of the few areas in which European traders were al...
bibliography:
provenance:
Stanford’s map of North West India
The Arabian Sea
The Chinese-Russian frontiers
Delineating individual sultanates
Rare complete set of “the most valuable 18th-century source on Jesuit activities in frontier regions throughout the world” (Hill, ‘Collection Of Pacific Voyages’)
A Sailing Guide to the Colonies of South East Asia
Bellin’s Maldives 


