Deshima (Dejima - Japan) by Thomas Salmon after Gerrits Voogt. 1736
Dejima, or Deshima, was an artificial island off Nagasaki, Japan, that served as a trading post for the Portuguese (1570–1639) and, subsequently, the Dutch (1641–1854). For 220 years, it was the central conduit for foreign trade and cultural exchange with Japan during the isolationist Edo period (1600–1869) and the only Japanese territory open to Westerners.
Isoletta Desima abittata dagli Olandeis nel Giappone secondo la delineazione del Sigr. Voogt.
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Old, antique birds-eye view plan of Deshima (Dejima - Japan) by Thomas Salmon after Gerrits Voogt.
Title: Isoletta Desima abittata dagli Olandeis nel Giappone secondo la delineazione del Sigr. Voogt.
With an extensive key to 40 locations.
Draftsman: Gerrits Voogt.
Date: 1736.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Image size (including key): 175 x 195mm (6.89 x 7.68 inches).
Sheet size: 190 x 240mm (7.48 x 9.45 inches).
Verso: Blank.
Condition: Vertical fold as issued, excellent.
Condition Rating: A+.
From: Salmon Thomas, Lo stato presente di tutti I paesi e popoli del mondo naturale, politico e morale, con nuove osservazioni e correzioni degli antichi, e moderni viagiatori. Venezia, Gianbattista Albrizzi, 1736.
Dejima, or Deshima, was an artificial island off Nagasaki, Japan, that served as a trading post for the Portuguese (1570–1639) and, subsequently, the Dutch (1641–1854). For 220 years, it was the central conduit for foreign trade and cultural exchange with Japan during the isolationist Edo period (1600–1869) and the only Japanese territory open to Westerners.
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