Nansenbushū bankoku shōka no zu / - Public domain map

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Nansenbushū bankoku shōka no zu / - Public domain map

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Summary

Shows the world, based on knowledge from numerous famous Chinese and Japanese classics and Buddhism.
Depths shown pictorially.
Wood block print.
Map and author, Hōtan, listed in Imago Mundi's Review of early cartography, v. 10, 1954. "... prototype of Buddhist world maps."
Bibliography.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Acquisitions control no. 94-37

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Date

01/01/1710
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Contributors

Sōshun, 1659?-1738.
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Library of Congress
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Public Domain

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