Japoniæ insulæ. The mapping of Japan.
Subtitle: A historical introduction and cartobibliography of European Printed Maps of Japan before 1800.
Publisher: HES & DE GRAAF; Brill - Hes & de Graaf; Brill | Hes & De Graaf
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houten, Netherlands
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 444
ISBN-13: 9789061945314
Description: The Mapping of Japan systematically categorizes and provides an overview of all the European printed maps of Japan published to 1800. The author has undertaken a review of the literature, conducted an exhaustive investigation in major libraries and private collections, analyzed these findings and then compiled information on 125 maps of Japan. The introduction contains information about the mapping to 1800, the typology of Japan by western cartographers, an overview on geographical names on early modern western maps of Japan and a presentation of the major cartographic models developed for this book.
This is the fourteenth volume in the Utrecht Studies on the History of Cartography. This series is prepared under the direction of the Research Program URU-Explokart of the University Utrecht. 
In English with Japanese summary. With 374 full colour illustrations.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The European mapping of Japan; title: Imaginary maps; title: Transitional maps; title: The dawn of modern maps; title: The early seventeenth century and four decades of change; title: European printed charts of Japanese waters; title: Piracy, counterfeits and epigones; title: Indigenous mapmaking; title: Early Japanese mapmaking; title: Japanese mapping of Japan in the seventeenth century; title: Japanese maps in the eighteenth century; title: Geographical names on early modern Western maps of Japan (By Wolfgang Michel); title: Cartoblibliography; title: Appendices; title: Indexes; title: Summary in English; title: Table of contents in Japanese; title: Summary in Japanese