1639 Jansson & Hondius Large Antique Map of Japan, Korea & China - Japoniae Nova Descriptio South America Placeres had to put in

Placeres had to put in at the island of Trinidad in the West Indies

His assignment was to survey the emigrant trails to California

the discovery of the Northwest Passage

9 inches) thick

left T&B corners cropped

1639 Jansson & Hondius Large Antique Map of Japan, Korea & China - Japoniae Nova Descriptio South America Placeres had to put inTitle : Japoniae Nova Descriptio Date : 1639 Size: 22 1 2in x 18 3 4in (570mm x 475mm) Ref #: 43136 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This fine, beautifully hand coloured original antique, early scarce map of Japan & Korea (as an Island) with parts of eastern China was published in the 1639 French edition of Gerardi Mercators Atlantis Novi Atlas by Jan Jansson and Henricus Hondius. Condition Report: Paper thickness and quality: Heavy and