Map · Japanese
Chikyu zenzu (Complete Map of the Earth), two hemispheres, 1792: hand-drawn copy of the first Japanese copperplate world map (LOC)
地球全圖
Shiba Kokan (1747-1818)
How we know
compilation Assembled from earlier sources. The author did not observe it directly.
compilation: Japanese redaction of Dutch (Valck/Covens and Mortier) hemispheres
Research notes
- LOC copy is a manuscript replica, not an impression; authenticity of the paper noted by LOC.
Why it matters
First Japanese copperplate world map (1792), marking the shift from the Ricci frame (Nagakubo) to Dutch outlines of northern Asia; useful to compare how the Tartary/Siberia labels changed in Japan between 1785 and 1816.
Places named
World; Asia with Tartary and Siberia as in Dutch sources
Who copied whom
No copying traced for this map yet. See the family trees.
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