The
Rare First Issue
of the first map of Japan
The
Rare First Issue
of the first map of Japan
Benedetto Bordone, 1528 :
ciampagu. 3.25 x 5.75 inches on full untrimmed page.
$5200.
Based purely on the second-hands reports of Marco Polo and the cartographic tradition for the island that had evolved during the fifteenth century, this first map of Japan predates the earliest known European encounter with the island by a few decades.
More commonly found in the Bordone Isolario, this rare first appearance is from the Libro di Benedetto Bordone.
On verso : map of Java