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English: Nova et Accurata Iaponiae, Terrae Esonis, ac Insularum Adjacentium ex Novißimâ detectione descriptio Amstelodami Vendibilis apud P. Schenk, et G. Valk. C. P. [A New and Accurate Description of Japan, the Land of Eso (Hokkaido), and Adjacent Islands from the Newest Discovery for Sale with Legal Permission at the Shop of Pieter Schenk and Gerard Valk in Amsterdam] A 455×550 mm copper-engraved map incorporating accounts (and gross misinformation) from the Dutch East India Company's expeditions to the Bonins under Matthew Quast in 1639 and to Hokkaido and the Kurils under Martin de Vries in 1643.
Date [1652 original]
Source Helmink Antique Maps
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Jan Janssonius  (1588–1664)  wikidata:Q949492 s:it:Autore:Johannes Janssonius
 
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Jan Jansson, Jan Jansz, Jan Janszoon, Joannes Janssonius
Description Dutch cartographer, publisher, printseller and visual artist
Date of birth/death 1588 Edit this at Wikidata 11 July 1664 / 1664 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Arnhem Amsterdam
Work period from 1616 until 1664
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1616-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1664-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Amsterdam (1612–1664); Arnhem (1612–1612) Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q949492
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  • detail of Staten Island and Company Land
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