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IAPONIA REGNVM

Martino Martini s (1614-1661) map of Japan was to provide the most accurate picture of Japans general outlines for over a century. It was copied extensively throughout the 17th century and replaced in the following centuries by maps that were in most respects inferior. Martini included it in his atlas of China published by Joan Blaeu (1571-1638). His first-hand knowledge of the mainland enabled him to draw Korea correctly as a peninsula.

Date
1655
Mapmaker / publisher
Author: Martino Martini Publisher: | author = Author: Martino Martini Publisher: | credit line =
Place
Japan
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
atlas page
Original size
5,500 × 4,120 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago, and a faithful scan of a flat work adds no new copyright.

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"IAPONIA REGNVM" (1655). Author: Martino Martini Publisher: | author = Author: Martino Martini Publisher: | credit line =, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atlas_Van_der_Hagen-KW1049B13_053-IAPONIA_REGNVM.jpeg

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