Subject: Asia
Period: 1700 (circa)
Publication: Atlas Novus
Color: Hand Color
Size:
14 x 9.1 inches
35.6 x 23.1 cm
This precisely engraved map locates the Jesuit missions throughout Asia. The map extends from the Red Sea to the Philippines and includes Indo-China and the East Indies. Scherer's highly imaginative representation of Hokkaido (Iedso) is connected to Honshu by a narrow isthmus. The Mariana Islands form a prominent archipelago trailing off the southeast coast of Japan. The decorative cartouche shows the conversion of the Asian people to Christianity and incorporates a vignette of Adam and Eve with the serpent and the apple tree. Two sailing ships further decorate the map.
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Condition: A+
