Early miniature Japan, Based on Teixeira
 

Langenes, 1598 (1606) :
Excellent. 3.5 x 5 inches. $385.

Based on the Teixeir model as popularized by Ortelius just three year earlier. This map, derived by Ortelius from the Portuguese Jesuit Luis Teixiera, was the first map to correctly locate Japan between 30 and 40 degrees north latitude, and in its basic accuracy it was nothing short of revolutionary.

Teixieras map is also interesting in that it was born of two worlds. Information for its construction was derived both from Jesuit sources and from the native Gyogi maps (Gyogi, in Japanese tradition, was their first cartographer). Manuscript maps which survive in Florence and Madrid bear close generic resemblance to Teixiera's; he probably knew these, others similar, or their Gyogi prototypes. It was probably from these manuscript maps that Teixiera was able to delineate and label the 62 kuni (political units) into which Japan was then divided.

See: OAG 7,