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170. Japoniæ Insulae Descriptio. Ludoico Teisera auctore.<br />
Copper engraved with hand colour<br />
Ortelius, Abraham<br />
Antwerp, Plantin, 1603<br />
355 x 485 mm<br />
framed<br />
Latin text edition.<br />
The first printed map <strong>of</strong> Japan to appear in an atlas. Drawn by Luis Teixeira, a Portuguese Jesuit, sent maps <strong>of</strong> China and<br />
Japan to Ortelius in 1592: his source is unknown, but the map contains information that must have come from Japanese<br />
knowledge. However Korea is shown as an island. Van Den Broeke, 165.<br />
[27539]<br />
£2,250