Kōkan Shiba - Chikyū zenzu - Public domain old map
Summary
Relief shown pictorially.
Hand drawn copy of first map on copperplate in Japan. The paper has been authenticated by the Metropolitan Museum as 18th century Japanese paper. Originally published Tōto Shibamon, [Japan] : K. Shiba, 1792.
Includes 8 ancillary maps, note, and col. ill.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Acquisitions control no. 31-82
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Date
01/01/1792
Location
earth
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain