Japan: A Cartographic Vision - Lutz Walter Japan The series was first reissued

The series was first reissued and expanded into two volumes in 1708-1713

This is one of the finest specimens extant of the dwelling-houses which the Glasgow citizens of the seventeenth century delighted to rear for the accommodation of themselves and families

Cooks discoveries are recognised on this map in NW America and the south Pacific but not his explorations in Antarctica and beyond

among its residents was Geoffrey Chaucer

thereafter

Japan: A Cartographic Vision - Lutz Walter Japan The series was first reissuedTitle : Japan: A Cartographic Vision Date : 1994 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Ref: Lutz1 Size: Folio Description: Japan: A Cartographic Vision is a celebration, in words and pictures, of the spectacular and colourful maps of Japan produced by Europeans. It explores the changing shape of Japan as conceived by Western explores and cartographers, from the crude and fanciful depictions of the early sixteenth century to the first accurate maps published