Books and Manuscripts from the Japan Society Library
Books and Manuscripts from the Japan Society Library
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Arnoldus Montanus, Atlas Japannensis: being Remarkable Addresses by way of Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Emperor of Japan... English'd... by John Ogilby, 1670
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Arnoldus Montanus, Atlas Japannensis: being Remarkable Addresses by way of Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Emperor of Japan... English'd... by John Ogilby, 1670
Arnoldus Montanus (circa 1625-1683), Atlas Japannensis: being Remarkable Addresses by way of Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Emperor of Japan... English'd... by John Ogilby, (London: Printed by Tho. Johnson, 1670), rebound
Translated from Montanus's edition of 1669, Ogilby's Atlas Japannensis is "a 'large account' of the wealth and wonders of Japan, the latest and fullest to be made of that island, 'reaching within three years of this our present Publication'" (van Erde, p.101). it remains one of the most important works on Japan published in the seventeenth century, and includes fine town views of Edo (Tokyo), Osaka and the Dutch trading settlement Deshima.