Historic Map : First Japanese Buddhist Map of The World Showing Europe, America, and Africa, 1710, Vintage Wall Art historic map A groundbreaking convention establishing map

A groundbreaking convention establishing map of extreme scarcity

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Historic Map : First Japanese Buddhist Map of The World Showing Europe, America, and Africa, 1710, Vintage Wall Art historic map A groundbreaking convention establishing mapA seminal map of extreme significance. This is the first Japanese printed map to depict the world, including Europe and America, from a Buddhist cosmographical perspective. Printed by woodblock in 1710 (Hoei 7), this map was composed by the Buddhist mo