1732 · Amsterdam
by KAEMPFER, Engelbert
Amsterdam: Herman Uytwerf, 1732. Map. Copper engraving. Image measures 15.5" x 13.25".
This is a scarce 1732 map of the coast along the Hiroshima, Okayama, and Hyogo regions of Japan by Engelbert Kaempfer, issued as part of the French edition of "Histoire Naturelle, Civile, et Ecclesiastique de l'Empire du Japon," published in a three-volume set by Uytwerf in Amsterdam. This map appears in Volume II. The map details the region from the city of Imabari on the northern tip of the Ehime region west as far as Osaka. The Modern day cities of Ako, Aioi, Akashi, Kobe, Amagasaki, Osaka, and Sakai are identified. Features several islands, mountains, (truncated)
This is a scarce 1732 map of the coast along the Hiroshima, Okayama, and Hyogo regions of Japan by Engelbert Kaempfer, issued as part of the French edition of "Histoire Naturelle, Civile, et Ecclesiastique de l'Empire du Japon," published in a three-volume set by Uytwerf in Amsterdam. This map appears in Volume II. The map details the region from the city of Imabari on the northern tip of the Ehime region west as far as Osaka. The Modern day cities of Ako, Aioi, Akashi, Kobe, Amagasaki, Osaka, and Sakai are identified. Features several islands, mountains, (truncated)