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.
PHIPPS, CONSTANTINE JOHN, BARON MULGRAVE.
1744-92. Född på Irland, död i Liège.
Engelsk sjöofficer. 16 år gammal gick han in i marinen och blev efter några år löjtnant och senare kapten. 1773 ledde han en expedition som skulle söka en nordlig sjöförbindelse till Indien. Expeditionen kom inte längre än till Svalbard där den tvingades vända på grund av packisen. Hans bok om denna resa, 'A voyage towards the North Pole' utkom 1774 och blev även översatt till andra språk. 1778 deltog Phipps i kriget mot Frankrike. Senare arbetade han med administration av den indiska handeln och plantagedriften. Sedan 1777 var han medlem av parlamentet.
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A voyage towards the North Pole.
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Encyclopédie ou dictionnaire universel raisonné des connaissances humaines.
Gulddistriktet Klondike - ca 1897.
Åmöga, Ranunculus lingua - Lindman, C. A. M, Bilder ur Nordens Flora 1917-26.
