Title
Chikyū zenzu
地球全圗
Published
[Japan], [Publisher not identified], [1840?]
Full Collection Name
Japanese Historical Maps
Scale
Scale not given.
Type
Map
Extent
1 map
Other Physical Details
color
Dimensions
2 hemispheres each 32 cm in diam., on sheet 46 x 69 cm, folded in cover 18 x 12 cm
Language
In Japanese.
Archive
East Asian Library
Note
Title hand-written on title slip.
Title from Mitsui catalog: Chikyū bankoku zenzu setsuran
Title from Mitsui catalog: 地球萬國全圗說覧
Wood block print.
Uniform title from: Nihon Kochizu taisei : sekaizu hen kaisetsu / Oda Takeo [and others], p. 58.
Uniform title from: 日本古地図大成 : 世界図編解説 / 織田武雄 [and others], p. 58.
Includes drawings of eclipses of the sun and the moon and legend.
Includes texts on heliocentric theory and climate zones, etc.
