[Untitled map]

Attribution:

Morizumi Tsurana 守住貫魚

Date:

1854

Description:

This map of the Pacific Rim forms part of the narrative of Hatsutarō 初太郎, a Japanese sailor who, along with his thirteen crewmates, was rescued off the Inubōsaki 犬吠岬 coast by a Spanish ship and taken to Baja California. He appears to have lived in Mexico for two years before he made his way back to Japan via China. The map includes the nineteenth century spellings for North America 北亞米利加, Mexico イハメヒコ, and California カリホルニヤ.

Bib. Reference:

Aiko Gyosō 靄湖漁叟, ed. Kaigai ibun, ichimei, Amerika shinwa 海外異聞, 一名, 亞墨利加新話 ([Japan] : Seifuen Juō, Kaei kōin 青蚨園壽櫻)

Bancroft call number:

F1213.K3

Digital image courtesy of:

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