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喎蘭新譯地球全圖 / 橋本直政製 ; 彫工小林平八, 小川太左衛門. Oranda shinyaku chikyū zenzu / Hashimoto Naomasa sei ; chōkō...

喎蘭新譯地球全圖 / 橋本直政製 ; 彫工小林平八, 小川太左衛門. Oranda shinyaku chikyū zenzu / Hashimoto Naomasa sei ; chōkō...

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVXXeyPWy

Oranda shinyaku chikyū zenzu / Hashimoto Naomasa sei ; chōkō Kobayashi Heihachi, Ogawa Tazaemon; Mito sekisuichō etsu.

About this item

Full title

Oranda shinyaku chikyū zenzu / Hashimoto Naomasa sei ; chōkō Kobayashi Heihachi, Ogawa Tazaemon; Mito sekisuichō etsu.

Publisher

Edo Kitazawa Ihachi [1850-1868] | 江戶 北澤伊八 [1850-1868]

Alternative title

Supplied translation of title: Newly translated Dutch map of the Earth.

Call Numbers

MC 100/1850/2

Record Identifier

74VKVXXeyPWy

MMS ID

991024117119602626

Language

Japanese

Formats

Physical Description

Cartographic data

Scale approximately 1:36 000 000 (E 180°--W 180°/N 90°--S 90°)

Physical content

1 map : woodcut, hand-coloured ; 2 hemispheres each 32 cm in diameter, on sheets 33.5 x 41 cm, accordian folded in cover, 33.5 x 19.5 cm.

Content type

cartographic image

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

sheet

Publication information

Publisher

Edo Kitazawa Ihachi [1850-1868] | 江戶 北澤伊八 [1850-1868]

Date Published

[1850-1868]

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

Double hemispherical Japanese world map, copied from Dutch maps of the early 1700s. Australia lacks an eastern coastline and is shown joined to Antarctica, labelled as 'Magellanica', or Land of Magellan. There is extensive text on accompanying sheets, with information on geography and astronomy. A later version of a map originally produced in the l...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Oranda shinyaku chikyū zenzu / Hashimoto Naomasa sei ; chōkō Kobayashi Heihachi, Ogawa Tazaemon; Mito sekisuichō etsu.

Vernacular Title

喎蘭新譯地球全圖 / 橋本直政製 ; 彫工小林平八, 小川太左衛門.

Notes

General note

Relief shown pictorially.

Mitchell Map Collection copy at MC 100/1850/2: Accordian folded sheets, mounted at folds. Housed in wooden boards, covered in orange, floral decorated paper.

Language note

In Japanese, Kanji and Katakana characters.

Time Period

d1850

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

MC 100/1850/2

Record Identifier

74VKVXXeyPWy

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVXXeyPWy

Other Identifiers

MMS ID

991024117119602626

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