1639 Jansson & Hondius Large Antique Map of Japan, Korea & China - Japoniae Nova Descriptio South America Hydraulic mining ended when public

Hydraulic mining ended when public outcry over the destruction of farmlands led to the outlawing of this practice

left T&B corners cropped

Placeres had to put in at the island of Trinidad in the West Indies

and Voyage to Cochin China (1806)

9 inches) thick

1639 Jansson & Hondius Large Antique Map of Japan, Korea & China - Japoniae Nova Descriptio South America Hydraulic mining ended when publicTitle : Japoniae Nova Descriptio Date : 1639 Size: 22 1 2in x 18 3 4in (570mm x 475mm) Ref #: 43136 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This fine, beautifully hand coloured original antique, early scarce map of Japan & Korea (as an Island) with parts of eastern China was published in the 1639 French edition of Gerardi Mercators Atlantis Novi Atlas by Jan Jansson and Henricus Hondius. Condition Report: Paper thickness and quality: Heavy and