Nanzenbushu bankoku shoka no zu. Rokashi. Hoei 7 (1710) [cartographic material].
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| Call number | Status |
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| G3201.E47 1710 .H6 |
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Creators/Contributors
- Author/Creator
- Hotan, 1654-1738.
Contents/Summary
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- www.davidrumsey.com
Subjects
- Subject
- Buddhism > Maps > Early works to 1800.
- Asia > Maps > Early works to 1800.
- Local subject
- The David Rumsey Map Collection.
Bibliographic information
- Publication date
- 1710
- Map Data
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- Note
- Case Map.
- References: Cortazzi, H. Isles of gold, map 48; Yamashita, Kazumasa. Japanese maps of the Edo period, p. 32-33; Univ. of British Columbia Beans Collection 1710.1.
- Wood block print. Hand colored. In Japanese. Shows the world based on Buddhist literature from India and China. This map is based on a Buddhist conceptual view of the world with India at the center, yet it includes contemporary European geographical knowledge -- Europe is shown as a group of islands in the upper left corner and South America is is an island in the ocean south of Japan on the right side. The map has many placenames in Asia not found on European maps of the period. In the center of the map in the Himalayan Mountains is a quadruple helix symbolizing the origins of the four great rivers of the region (the Indus, the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Sutlej rivers) emanating from the heads of a horse, a lion, an elephant, and an ox. This is the site of the present day Lake Manasarovar, the highest fresh water lake in the world. "A land bridge connects China to an unnamed continent in the upper right corner ..."--Cortazzi. Relief shown pictorially. Bibliography. Title in Nihon kohan chizu shusei: Nanzenbushu bankoku shoka no zu. Folded in cover 24x19. Has annotations in red ink.
- Note
- Pub list no.: 5763.000.
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