Old Maps of Japan: Nicolaas Sanson d'Abbeville (1600-1667)

Nicolaas Sanson d'Abbeville (1600-1667)


  • Insularum Iaponiae in VII Partes & LXVI. Regna Antiqua divis. Johann David Zunner, Frankfurt 1679. 18 x 27 cm. (private collection)

    • Japan's outline derived from Ignacio Moreira's map. Cf. Walter p.42.





  • De eilanden van Japan. Amsterdam 1705. Ca.19 x 24 cm. (private collection)

    • Engraved by A. d'Winter and published by F. Halma.



  • (Japan depicted in Sanson's map) Chine. Ca. 1640.
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