“China” - Asia and Japan - Jodocus Hondius / Geradus Mercator Engraving -Complete text with 16 illustrations

-Complete text with 16 illustrations

The convoy was led by Captain Polo Calbo (to Alexandria) and Antonio Morosini (to Beirut)

During the period there was a huge demand for ferns and a craze for collecting ferns - called Pteridomania

Engraved title

“China” - Asia and Japan - Jodocus Hondius / Geradus Mercator Engraving -Complete text with 16 illustrationsMap depicting Japanese persecution of Christians China Jodocus Hondius Geradus Mercator Atlas 1606 430 x 590mm Important and highly decorative map of China and Japan by Mercator Hondius. Clear and dark impression in good condition with repair to old fold. The map is uncommonly found with a clear printing impression and without artificial modern colour. This map is both beautiful and cartographically important as an early map of China and Japan. The