Carta terza generale del'Asia

Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca.1:20 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: Graduated. Mercator projection, Ferro meridian. Variation and currents noted. Additional Places: New Guinea, Japan, America. Contents Note: To the north of Japan the landmass of Isola di Iezo ('the coast is unknown to Christians') extends east across the Pacific to within 25 degrees of the coast of America.
Plate 10 from Robert Dudley's Dell'Arcano del mare, vol I.

Object Details

ID: G266:1/6
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Dudley, Robert; Lucini, Antonio Francesco
Places: New Guinea; Japan United States of America
Date made: 1646
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 51.5 cm x 42.3 cm