Pitt's English edition of Tavernier's map of Japan

TAVERNIER, Jean-Baptiste.

A Map of the Isles of Japan.
London: Moses Pitt, 1680. 360 x 520mm.

Narrow margins, minor repairs to binding folds on verso. A fine impression.

The first English edition of Tavernier's map of Japan, first published the previous year, augmented with an inset of the Gulf of Tonkin, originally a separate map in the original work. The route by land & sea from Nagasaki to Tokyo is marked.
On stylistic grounds the map has been attributed to the engraver Herman Moll, making it one of his earliest works.
Tavernier, a gem merchant, travelled only to China, but included a description of Japan in his account.

HUBBARD: 46.
Stock ID : 17526