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Hotan, 1654-1738
Cover: Nanzenbushu bankoku s
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1710
Case Map
| Authors |
Hotan, 1654-1738 |
| Full Title |
(Covers to) Nanzenbushu bankoku shoka no zu. Rokashi. Hoei 7 (1710) |
| List No |
5763A |
| Note |
Light brown paper covers with affixed title. |
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Hotan, 1654-1738
Nanzenbushu bankoku shoka no
…
1710
Case Map
| Authors |
Hotan, 1654-1738 |
| Full Title |
Nanzenbushu bankoku shoka no zu. Rokashi. Hoei 7 (1710) |
| List No |
5763.001 |
| Note |
Wood block print. Hand colored. In Japanese. Shows the world based on Buddhist literature from India and China. This map is based on a Buddhist conceptual view of the world with India at the center, yet it includes contemporary European geographical knowledge -- Europe is shown as a group of islands in the upper left corner and South America is is an island in the ocean south of Japan on the right side. The map has many place names in Asia not found on European maps of the period. In the center of the map in the Himalayan Mountains is a quadruple helix symbolizing the origins of the four great rivers of the region (the Indus, the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Sutlej rivers) emanating from the heads of a horse, a lion, an elephant, and an ox. This is the site of the present day Lake Manasarovar, the highest fresh water lake in the world. "A land bridge connects China to an unnamed continent in the upper right corner ..."--Cortazzi. Relief shown pictorially. Bibliography. Title in Nihon kohan chizu shusei: Nanzenbushu bankoku shoka no zu. Folded in cover 24x19. Has annotations in red ink. |
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