After Jan Jansson (Dutch, 1588-1664), an engraved and hand c...

Hammer

£340

After Jan Jansson (Dutch, 1588-1664), an engraved and hand coloured map titled "NOVA ET ACCURATA IAPONIAE TERRAE ESONIS ac Insularum adjacentium ex Novissima detectione descriptio", showing Japan and the surrounding area, on laid paper with visible plate mark, oriental themed cartouche to lower right, taken from Jansson's "Nieuwen Atlas", unframed, 51cm x 60cm

NOTE: Jan Jansson was part of an influential Dutch family of map publishers. This map, taken from his atlas published in 1658, shows Korea as an island and the Japanese island of Hokkaido as two land masses, Compagnies Land and t’Landt van Esso.