Japan and Korea ( as an island ) Map

JAPAN AND KOREA (AS AN ISLAND)

Some minor foxing on its very wide margins. French text on verso 

~ Amsterdam, by Janssonius Joannes

~ Hand colored, copperplate engraved

~ French edition, approx ( 19x22" )

~ A beautiful map with a distorted shape of Japan with the Northern island of Hokkaido missing

~ On Korea, script mentions the uncertainty of Korea being an island or a peninsula

~ The Islas dos Ladiones' on the bottom tip of Korea is the 'island of thieves' a reference to piracy

~ The seas are shared between European trade ships and a sea monster

~ A cherub measures atop a miles scale

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