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Map Revised World Map.

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Title

  • Revised World Map.

Summary

  • This world map was completed by Takahashi Kageyasu (1785-1829) of Tenmonkata (the office in charge of astronomy). He began the work on the 1807 by order of the shogunate government, with the assistance of astronomer Hazama Shigetomi and Dutch interpreter Baba Sajūrō, who was summoned to Edo (present-day Tokyo) from Nagasaki in 1808. Kageyasu submitted the first version of the map to the government in 1810. The East Asian region was later revised and this version of the map was etched by Aōdō Denzen in 1816. The year of publication is not given on the map, but the date has been confirmed from other sources, including Ranyaku teikō (Navigation to study Dutch) by Ōtsuki Gentaku (completed in 1816). The map utilizes information gained from the Mamiya Straight crossing exploration of 1809, an expedition led by the Japanese explorer Mamiya Rinzō (1775-1844) to survey Karafuto (Sakhalin Island). In this map, what in the West is called the Western hemisphere is placed on the right side and called the Eastern hemisphere. In the four corners are subhemispheric maps, one of which (in the upper left) shows Kyōto at the center. These features make the map a distinctively Japanese creation. The map was originally printed in 16 parts and pasted onto one sheet. This copy, from the National Diet Library, was divided into two sections.

Names

  • Aōdō, Denzen, 1748-1822 Etcher.
  • Baba, Sajūrō, 1787-1822 Contributor.
  • Hazama, Shigetomi, 1756-1816 Contributor.
  • Takahashi, Kageyasu, 1785-1829 Creator.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1816.

Headings

  • -  1816
  • -  World maps

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 2 sheets ; 113 x 98 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Diet Library.
  • -  Content in Japanese.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668274

Online Format

  • compressed data
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Chicago citation style:

Aōdō, Denzen, Etcher, Sajūrō Baba, Shigetomi Hazama, and Kageyasu Takahashi. Revised World Map. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1816] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668274/.

APA citation style:

Aōdō, D., Baba, S., Hazama, S. & Takahashi, K. (1816) Revised World Map. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668274/.

MLA citation style:

Aōdō, Denzen, Etcher, et al. Revised World Map. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1816] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668274/>.