Title of the view:

"VUE ET DESCRIPTION DE LA VILLE DE MEACO CAPITALE DU JAPON AVEC D'AUTRES PARTICULARITEZ DU PAYS". 

Large antique copper engraved plate of five views and a city plan in Japan, by Henri Abraham CHATELAIN (1684-1743).  

The plate shows a large panoramic view of Meaco, the Dutch settlement of Deshima, two views of the town and temple Sakai, a Japanese marriage ceremony, and the persecution of Christian martyrs. Deshima was the base of the Dutch East India Company and one of the few areas in which European traders were allowed during the sakoku period. 

In the middle, some text describing Meaco (Kyoto) and Jedo (Tyoko). 

Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684-1743) was a parisian Huguenot pastor. 

His famous work is the "Atlas Historique", published in seven volumes. Originally published in Amsterdam between 1705 and 1720 by L'Honoré et Châtelain, L'Atlas Historique was corrected, increased and republished until 1739, the date of the fourth and last edition. 

This encyclopedic work explains the history and the genealogy of the continents, with the geography, cosmography, topography, heraldry, and ethnography. 

The text is from Nicolas Gueudeville, a French geographer.

Henri Chatelain represents the golden age of French cartography.

Edition : Amsterdam, 1719, 18th Century

Size with margins : 56 x 45,5 cm / 22 x 17,7 inches

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