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细节
ABRAHAM ORTELIUS (1527-1598) AND LUIS TEIXEIRA (1564-1604)
[Japan] Japoniae Insulae descriptio. [Antwerp: 1595]. Hand-coloured engraved map of Japan by Ortelius after Teixiera, 380 x 500mm. Title and scale bar set in decorative strapwork cartouches, stippled seas decorated with ships, elaborate border, window mount.
An important map of Japan creating a new image of the country which dominated European mapping for over a century. Ortelius based his map on information supplied by Luis Teixeira, in the form of a letter and a map received in February 1592. Teixeira, who was cartographer to the court of Spain, had never been to Asia, but is assumed ot have used Portuguese sources. Lutz Japan IV.I.
[Japan] Japoniae Insulae descriptio. [Antwerp: 1595]. Hand-coloured engraved map of Japan by Ortelius after Teixiera, 380 x 500mm. Title and scale bar set in decorative strapwork cartouches, stippled seas decorated with ships, elaborate border, window mount.
An important map of Japan creating a new image of the country which dominated European mapping for over a century. Ortelius based his map on information supplied by Luis Teixeira, in the form of a letter and a map received in February 1592. Teixeira, who was cartographer to the court of Spain, had never been to Asia, but is assumed ot have used Portuguese sources. Lutz Japan IV.I.
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