Mapped according to a cylindrical projection, this cartographic effort signals a significant shift in Japanese map making, "a far more sophisticated adaptation of western cartographic standards than is evidenced in most earlier Japanese world maps".
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Japanese Map of the World
Artist
Date
1853
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