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William Adams 1707 map of Japan

1707 map of Japan, with a cartouche representing the audience of William Adams with the Shogun. From Naaukeurige Versameling der Gedenk-Waardigste Zee en Land-Reysen (a series of accounts of famous voyages).

Date
1707
Mapmaker / publisher
Pieter van der Aa
Place
Japan
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
784 × 558 pixels

Public domainsafest

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

Read from: Commons licence category: PD-Art (PD-old-100); no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.

Credit line

"William Adams 1707 map of Japan" (1707). Pieter van der Aa, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Adams_1707_map_of_Japan.jpg

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