Old Map of Japan by Bowen in 1744 - Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Kamchatka, Oriental East Asia Size:40x50in (100x127cm) Frampton Cotterell

Frampton Cotterell

which focuses on West London

The model in the listing images is holding the 12x18in (30

to counterbalance all of the continents in the Northern Hemisphere

Cavanagh (Kavanagh)

Old Map of Japan by Bowen in 1744 - Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Kamchatka, Oriental East Asia Size:40x50in (100x127cm) Frampton CotterellThis fascinating, fantastically detailed and very rare map of Japan by British mapmaker Emanuel Bowen was originally published in 1744. It is shown here in its original, handcoloured form. Probably the finest map of Japan from the 18th century, you can see that the West's understanding of Japanese geography was still fairly limited. Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku are here but Hokkaido is completely missing. Instead, Kamchatka (part of Russia) is in the