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Kōkan Shiba - Chikyū zenzu - Public domain old map

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Kōkan Shiba - Chikyū zenzu - Public domain old map

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Hand drawn copy of first map on copperplate in Japan. The paper has been authenticated by the Metropolitan Museum as 18th century Japanese paper. Originally published Tōto Shibamon, [Japan] : K. Shiba, 1792.
Includes 8 ancillary maps, note, and col. ill.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Acquisitions control no. 31-82
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01/01/1792
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