Tecknare. Upptagen på kopparstick till Denis Diderot's 'Encyclopédie ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences', band LXXXIV och LXXXV. 1751-1780.
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Encyclopédie ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences
1512-1577.
Cartographer, publisher and printer of maps and graphic art. Born in France, Lafreri moved to Rome in 1540 where he launched a business in 1544. His great triumph came in 1572 with the publication of a catalogue including a reduced copy of Olaus Magnus's famous Carta Marina.
Sveriges sjökartor – A. Hedin.
The first Buddhist world map printed in Japan and the prototype for all subsequent Buddhist world maps printed in Japan until the late nineteenth century. The author, Hotan (1654-1728) was a scholar-priest and founder of the Kegonji Temple in Kyoto. The earliest known example in Japan is the Gotenjiku Zu (Map of the Five Indies) by the priest Jukai dating from 1364 and now preserved in Horyuji Temple in Nara. However Hotan’s map was revolutionary in being the first printed Oriental map to introduce detailed Western cartographic information into this traditional Buddhist cosmological view and attempt to merge the two together into a comprehensible form. Europe is depicted as a series of islands in the upper left of the image whilst South America is likewise another island in the lower right of the image. Africa is omitted completely. China and Japan are clearly defined in the upper right of the map. The popularity of the map is evidenced by the fact that although the map is dated 1710, it was reissued unchange...
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Nantanbushu Bankoku Shoka No Zu [Map of the Universe as a result] [Kyoto: Uhei Bundaiken, Hoei 7 (1710)]
Sotheby's. Murogo & Unno, “The Buddhist World Map in Japan” in /M Xvi (1962); H. Cortazzi, “Island of gold, p.38 pl.48; Harley & Woodward, “The History of Cartography, 2.2, pp. 428ff and Fig. 11.59; Nanba, “Old Maps of Japan, p. 179 pl.8; K. Yamashita, “Japanese Maps of the Edo Period, pp. 32-33 ill.1.
Ingermanlandiae – Homanns Erben 1734
Långhundra härad. Kartlagt 1903-04.
