1639 Jansson & Hondius Large Antique Map of Japan, Korea & China - Japoniae Nova Descriptio North America but France re-established control over

but France re-established control over the group in 1870

The first European to record sighting Ra\\\\\\\'iātea was Pedro Fernandes de Queirós in 1606

and today only twenty-six examples of the atlas are recorded

today called Vijaydurg in Maharashtra state in NW India (485 kms from Mumbai) was published by Emmanual Bowen in 1760

Corte-Real returned with his brother

1639 Jansson & Hondius Large Antique Map of Japan, Korea & China - Japoniae Nova Descriptio North America but France re-established control overTitle : Japoniae Nova Descriptio Date : 1639 Size: 22 1 2in x 18 3 4in (570mm x 475mm) Ref #: 43136 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This fine, beautifully hand coloured original antique, early scarce map of Japan & Korea (as an Island) with parts of eastern China was published in the 1639 French edition of Gerardi Mercators Atlantis Novi Atlas by Jan Jansson and Henricus Hondius. Condition Report: Paper thickness and quality: Heavy and