COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
Record
Accession Number:
31348a
File Name:
31348a-000
Call number:
Cabinet A79 2
Map title:
Kaisei chickyu bankoku zenzu
Place of Publication:
Japan
Publication date:
[late 18th cent.]
Map size height:
26 cm.
Map size width:
40 cm.
Item description:
Engraved map, colored
Geographical description:
Map of the world.
Cartobibliographic notes:
Reduced copy of map based on Matteo Ricci's (1550-1610) world map of 1602. "The Ricci-style map was already out of date by this time, but Nagakubo's version commonly called the 'Seksui map,' was used extensively and his authority as a cartographer remained strong until the mid-nineteenth century."
References:
Cf. Nanba, Muroga, and Unno, eds. Old maps in Japan, pl. 9, pp. 14-15 and p. 179
Geographic Area:
World
Normalized date:
1780
LC bibliographic number:
b51931400
Creator:
Nagakubo, Sekisui, 1717-1801
Kaisei chickyu bankoku zenzu
