About the Book
Japoniae insulae: The Mapping of Japan systematically categorizes and provides an overview of all the European printed maps of Japan published to 1800. The author has undertaken a review of the literature, conducted an exhaustive investigation in major libraries and private collections, analyzed these findings and then compiled information on 125 maps of Japan. The introduction contains information about the mapping to 1800, the typology of Japan by western cartographers, an overview on geographical names on early modern western maps of Japan and a presentation of the major cartographic models developed for this book. In English with Japanese summary.
Table of Contents:
Foreword 11 Preface 12 Acknowledgements 14 A typology of some of the early depictions of Japan by Western and indigenous cartographers 16 Introduction 1 The European mapping of Japan Background 25 Early European mapping 26 2 Imaginary maps The "Polo" or "Cipangu" maps 28 "Cipangu" in world and regional maps 29 3 Transitional maps From "Cipangu" to "Giapan" 33 The "Giapan" maps 33 Ortelius's pre-1595 multiple depictions of Japan 35 Cysat and Monte 47 Contemporary manuscript maps of Japan 48 4 The dawn of modern maps Jesuit influence in the cartography of Japan 49 Abraham Ortelius's Iaponiae Insulae Descriptio 50 Inacio Moreira 50 The waning influence of the Jesuits 54 5 The early seventeenth century and four decades of change 55 European mapping of Japan in the seventeenth century 57 European maps of Japan in the eighteenth century 58 European mapping of Japan's main island's surroundings 64 The Ry-uky-us 64 The insularity of Korea 64 North of Japan: Hokkaid-o 64 Kamchatka, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands 68 6 European printed charts of Japanese waters The VOC's contribution to seventeenth-century European printed charts of Japan 72 Eighteenth-century European charts of Japan 74 7 Piracy, counterfeits and epigones 85 Definitions 86 Pirated books and maps in the seventeenth century 87 A lone example of counterfeiting 91 Increased piracy in the eighteenth century 91 8 Indigenous mapmaking 96 9 Early Japanese mapmaking 97 Buddhist world maps 100 Gy-oki-type maps 100 10 Japanese mapping of Japan in the seventeenth century Moreira's influence in contemporary Japanese depictions 102 Japanese progress 102 Portolan charts in Japan 104 11 Japanese maps in the eighteenth century 105 12 Geographical names on early modern Western maps of Japan By Wolfgang Michel Modern Romanisation 106 Processing Japanese sounds 108 Some features of early modern Japanese 109 Portuguese transliteration of Japanese 110 Dutch approaches 111 Engelbert Kaempfer's spellings 113 Translating transliterations 115 Copying errors 115 Short-lived and new designations 116 Chinese characters on Western maps 117 Western names on maps of Japan 120 Old Western maps and present-day disputes 120 Information and interest 124 Cartobibliography Notes on the use of the Cartobibliography 129 Glossary 130 Abbreviations 130 List of maps described: 1 1528 Benedetto Bordone, Venice 131 2 1575 Andre Thevet, Paris 133 3 1586 Renward Cysat, Fribourg/Freiburg 134 4 c.1586 Andre Thevet, Paris 136 5 1589 Giacobo Piccaglia - Urbano Monte, Milan 137 6 1595 Abraham Ortelius, Antwerp 139 7 1596 Giovanni Botero, Cologne 143 8 1598 Barent Langenes, Middelburg 145 9 1598 Abraham Ortelius - Filips Galle, Antwerp 148 10 1601 Abraham Ortelius - Johannes van Keerbergen, Antwerp 149 11 1605 Paulus Merula - Jan van Doetechum, Amsterdam 151 12 1605 Cornelis van Wytfliet, Douai 153 13 1606 Jodocus Hondius, Amsterdam 155 14 1607 Jodocus Hondius, Amsterdam 160 15 1616 Pieter Bertius - Jodocus Hondius Jr., Amsterdam 165 16 1617 Christophoro Blancus - Ignacio Moreira, Rome 167 17 1628 Johannes Janssonius - Pieter van der Keere, Amsterdam 171 18 1630 Johannes Cloppenburgh - Pieter van der Keere, Amsterdam 173 19 1641 Bernardino Ginnaro - Nicolas Perrey, Naples 176 20 1645 Pierre du Val, Paris 178 21 1646 Antonio Francisco Cardim, Rome 180 22 1646 Sir Robert Dudley - Antonio-Francesco Lucini, Florence 183 23 1647 Sir Robert Dudley - Antonio-Francesco Lucini, Florence 186 24 1648 Johannes Janssonius, Amsterdam 188 25 1652 Nicolas (I) Sanson d'Abbeville - Abraham Peyrounin, Paris 191 26 1653 Nicolas (I) Sanson d'Abbeville, Paris 193 27 1655 Joan Blaeu - Martino Martini, Amsterdam 195 28 c.1656 Pierre du Val, Paris 199 29 1658 Gabriel Bucelin, Ulm 202 30 1658 Johannes Janssonius, Amsterdam 203 31 c.1658 Philippe Briet - Pierre Mariette, Paris 206 32 c.1660 Pierre du Val, Paris 210 33 1661 Francois Caron - Johannes Tongerloo, The Hague 213 34 1663 Francois Caron - Michael en Johann Endters, Nurnberg 215 35 1663 Philippe Francois Taisne, Antwerp 216 36 c.1665 Sir Robert Dudley - Antonio-Francesco Lucini, Florence 217 37 c.1665-1670 Casimir Freschot - Antonio-Francesco Lucini, Venice 218 38 1668 Jacob Colom, Amsterdam 220 39 1671 Francois Caron - Robert Boulter, London 222 40 c.1676 John Seller, London 223 41 1678 Pierre du Val - Johann Hoffmann, Nurnberg 225 42 1679 Nicolas (I) Sanson d'Abbeville - Johann David Zunner, Frankfurt 227 43 1679 Jean-Baptiste Tavernier - Jean-Louis Durant, Paris 228 44 1679 Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, (Amsterdam? The Hague? Utrecht?) 230 45 1680 Robert Morden, London 232 46 1680 Jean-Baptiste Tavernier - Herman Moll, London 235 47 1681 Jonas Moore - Herman Moll, London 237 48 1681 Jean-Baptiste Tavernier - Francois Diodati, Geneva 238 49 1681 Jean-Baptiste Tavernier - Johann Jakob Vogel, Nurnberg 239 50 1683 Allain Manesson-Mallet, Paris 240 51 1683 Nicolas (I) Sanson d'Abbeville - Antoine de Winter, Utrecht 241 52 c.1684 Nicolas de Fer - Jacques Robbe, Paris 247 53 1685 Allain Manesson-Mallet - Johann David Zunner, Frankfurt 250 54 1687 Nicolas de Fer - Francois Halma, Utrecht 251 55 1690 Nicolas de Fer - Sebastian Fernandez de Medrano, Brussels 253 56 1691 James Moxon, London 256 57 1692 Vincenzo Maria Coronelli, Venice 257 58 1692 Johann Ulrich Muller - Gabriel Conrad Bodenehr, Ulm 260 59 1696 Johann Hoffmann, Nurnberg 263 60 c.1696 Philip Lea - Herman Moll (?), London 264 61 1704 Jeremiah Seller - Charles Price, London 265 62 1705 George Psalmanazar - Pierre Mortier, Amsterdam 267 63 1705 George Psalmanazar - Pieter van der Veer, Rotterdam 269 64 1706 Pieter van der Aa, Leiden 270 65 1709 Nicolas de Fer - Francisco Laso, Madrid 276 66 1712 Herman Moll, London 278 67 1713 Jean-Baptiste Tavernier - Pierre Ribou, Paris 280 68 1715 Adriaan Reland - Wilhelm Broedelet, Utrecht 282 69 1715 Adriaan Reland - Jean Frederic Bernard, Amsterdam 287 70 c.1715 David Mortier, Amsterdam 289 71 1716 George Psalmanazar - Daniel Walder, Augsburg 290 72 1716 Adriaan Reland - Jean-Baptiste Machuel le jeune, Rouen 291 73 1719 Zacharie Chatelain, Amsterdam 293 74 1719 Zacharie Chatelain, Amsterdam 295 75 1726 Francois Valentyn, Amsterdam 297 76 1727 Alexander Hamilton - Robert Mylne, Edinburgh 299 77 1727 Engelbert Kaempfer - Johann Caspar Scheuchzer, London 301 78 1728 Isaak Tirion, Amsterdam 304 79 1729 Engelbert Kaempfer - Johann Caspar Scheuchzer, The Hague 307 80 1732 Katib Celebi, Constantinople 312 81 c.1732 Matthaus Seutter, Augsburg 313 82 1733 Isaak Tirion - Jonas Korte, Altona 316 83 1734 Jean-Baptiste Tavernier - Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg 318 84 1734 Isaak Tirion - Giovanni Battista Albrizzi, Venice 319 85 1735 Jacques-Nicolas Bellin - Guillaume Dheulland, Paris 322 86 1735 Jacques-Nicolas Bellin - Guillaume Dheulland, Paris 325 87 1736 Isaak Tirion, Amsterdam 327 88 1738 Isaak Tirion - Francesco Ricciardo, Naples 329 89 1739 Nicolas de Fer - Jaime Certa, Lyon 330 90 c.1740-42 Matthaus Seutter - Tobias Conrad Lotter, Augsburg 332 91 1744 Emanuel Bowen, London 334 92 1746 Jacques-Nicolas Bellin - Firmin Didot, Paris 336 93 1747 Jacques-Nicolas Bellin - Jacob van der Schley, The Hague 338 94 1747 Jacques-Nicolas Bellin - Arkstee & Merkus, Leipzig 340 95 1747 Jacob Keyzer & Jan de Lat, Almelo & Deventer 341 96 1748 Jean-Baptiste Michel Le Bouteux, Lisbon 342 97 1748 Georges-Louis Le Rouge, Paris 343 98 1749 Jacques-Nicolas Bellin - [?], Copenhagen 346 99 1749 Engelbert Kaempfer - Johann David Schleuen, Rostock 347 100 1749 Didier Robert de Vaugondy, Paris 348 101 1750 Gilles Robert de Vaugondy, Paris 351 102 1751 Jacques-Nicolas Bellin - Pietro Valvasense, Venice 355 103 1752 Jacques-Nicolas Bellin - Pierre-Francois-Xavier de Charlevoix, Paris 356 104 1752 Jacques-Nicolas Bellin - Antoine-Francois Prevost, Paris 358 105 1753 Jacques-Nicolas Bellin - Arkstee & Merkus, Leipzig 360 106 1754 Jacques-Nicolas Bellin - Antonio Cervone, Naples 363 107 1756 Jacques-Nicolas Bellin - Jacob van der Schley, The Hague 364 108 1760 Jacques-Nicolas Bellin - Niels Prahl, Copenhagen 365 109 1763 Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, Paris 366 110 1763 Jacques-Nicolas Bellin - Johann Justinus Gebauer, Halle 367 111 c.1770 Steven van Esveldt, Amsterdam 368 112 1774 Willem Albert Bachiene - Jan van Jagen, Amsterdam 370 113 1777 Engelbert Kaempfer - Christian Wilhelm Dohm, Lemgo 372 114 1778 Gilles Robert de Vaugondy - Paolo Santini, Venice 374 115 1779 Giovanni de Baillou and Antonio da Rabatta, Florence 376 116 c.1780 Emanuel Bowen - (Florence? Venice?) 378 117 1781 Jacques-Nicolas Bellin - Vincenzo Formaleoni, Venice 380 118 1783 Louis Brion de la Tour, Paris 381 119 1784 Jacques-Nicolas Bellin - Moscow 382 120 1785 Antonio Zatta - Giovanni Pitteri, Venice 383 121 1786 Rigobert Bonne - Francois Gabriel Perrier, Paris 385 122 1788 Fray Juan de la Concepcion - Nicolas de la Cruz Bagay, Manila 387 123 c.1790 Robert Sayer, London 388 124 1794 Giuseppe Bonatti - Pietro Zaricen, Venice 392 125 1797 Giovanni Maria Cassini, Rome 393 Appendices Concordance of cartobibliographies (1967, 1994, & 2012) of European printed maps of Japan Piracies, counterfeits and epigones 397 Indexes 1 Alphabetical index of maps by title 405 2 Maps on board games or playing cards 408 3 Significantly modified copperplates 408 4 Photo credits 409 5 Libraries cited 409 6 Bibliography 410 7 Names of persons 416 Summary in English 425 Table of contents in Japanese 431 Summary in Japanese 436
About the Author :
Jason Hubbard (1944) has collected maps for several decades, about which he has published in Imago Mundi, and has written a number of articles for both the printed as well as the web version of Map Forum. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, member of The Club of Odd Volumes in Boston, MA and of the International Map Collector's Society. The author was raised and educated in Mexico City and graduated from the University of the Americas with a Master's in Business Administration. He spent 25 years with Polaroid Corporation in a variety of marketing and management assignments in Latin America, the Far East, Europe and North America. His travels, both for business and for pleasure have taken him to well over 100 countries. His passion for maps dates from 1971 when he made his first purchase, a map by Blaeu, whilst residing in Panama.
Review :
"I must confess that the moment I laid eyes on this sumptuous volume, I knew that I had to have my own copy" [...] "the beautiful reproductions are a feast for the eyes" [...] "taken as a whole, the cartobibliography is simply overwhelming." Bruce L. Batten, J.F. Oberlin University, Tokyo. In: Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 68, No. 2 (2013), pp. 289-292.
