1719 Jaillot Very Large Antique Map of Asia China, SE Asia, Middle East, Russia Atlas Japan thus saw full world

Japan thus saw full world maps for the first time

The map continued to be corrected and some boundaries updated

that the "Woodcut" map was compiled by the 16th century Elizabethan surveyor Ralph Agas

The expedition returned home

French monks went to Rome to study the Gregorian tradition there

1719 Jaillot Very Large Antique Map of Asia China, SE Asia, Middle East, Russia Atlas Japan thus saw full worldTitle : L' Asie divisee en ses Principales Regions. Hubert Jaillot Ref #: 35656 Size: 37in x 25in (940mm x 635mm) Date : 1719 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This very large, beautifully hand coloured original antique map of Asia was engraved in 1719 dated in title and was published by Hubert Jaillot in the last edition of his monumental Atlas Nouveau. Background: After Nicolas Sanson, Hubert Jaillot and Pierre Duval were the most