Takeda Kango (sold)
Kango Takeda (武田 簡吾, 18?? - 18??) was a Japanese translator and map publisher active in Numazu (沼津市), Japan, during the late Edo Period. He published one important map in two editions, first in 1858, then in a revised 1862 edition. This second edition was revised and updated with the help of the Dutch merchant Edward Schnell. The work created a stir in isolationist Edo Japan, with Kango Takeda and his entire family interrogated by the Shogunate. Kango himself imprisoned for the remainder of his life.
Map that led to the lifetime imprisonment of its maker.
Bankoku Kōkai-zu / 萬国航海圖 / World Navigational Map.
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An important 1862 Bunkyu 2 world map, the product of a clash of Japanese and European cultures and the end of Tokugawa isolationism that lead to the lifelong imprisonment of one of its makers. Centered on Europe, this enormous map covers the entire world on a Mercator Projection, marking it as one of the first Japanese maps to use this western projection model. The map illustrates trade routes from Japan to England, passing through the Malacca Straits and the Red Sea. Major exploratory routes followed by Cook and others, drawn from the Purdy map, are also included. The map is accompanied by its usual side panel with Schnell's manuscript 'Yokohama February 1862' imprint. (more details)
A clash of cultures.
Bankoku Kōkai-zu / 萬国航海圖 / World Navigational Map.
sold
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- File Size: 9.32 MB
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A remarkable 1862 Yokohama Published Japanese large format Japanese map of the world by Edward Schnell and Kango Takeda. This map is based upon an English map drown by John Purdy and others in 1845. Kango Takeda published a Japanese version of the chart in ... (more details)