Sale 2496 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, December 13, 2018

99 98 c   ( JAPAN.) Bankoku Sankai Tsuran Bunzu. Woodblock kawaraban broadside map of the Pacific Ocean with Commodore Matthew Perry’s “Black Ships” arriving in Japan. 9x12 1 / 4 inches sheet size, wide margins; one minute wormhole, else very fine. Japan, circa 1853 [2,000/3,000] A rare Perry-related kawaraban design including the western portion of North America. Distances from Japan to America, England, Korea, China, Holland and Russia are included at the top of the map. 99 c   (JAPAN.) Dai Nihon Dochu Kotei Saiken Ki. Extensive accordion-folding color-woodblock printed road map of Japan on 17 sheets joined with one small paper overlay pasted on. 7 1 / 2 x347 inches overall (approximately 29 feet), folding into blue self-wrappers with printed paper title-label on upper cover, light wear; in general quite nice. Tokyo, Bunka 1 (1804) [2,500/3,500] An incredible panoramic diagram of the roadways, waterways, cities, towns and topography of the entire island chain of Japan. The map spans from Hokkaido to Korea and includes the Tokaido Road, connecting Tokyo and Kyoto. Inset maps of Tokyo and Japan are found at the terminal edge as well as other details including a trading vessel between Japan and Korea.