Description
Description: Antique map titled ‘Island of Great Lew-Chew’. Old map of the Lew Chew Islands (sometimes referred to as Loochoo, more commonly known as Ryukyu) is a series of islands in the Pacific Ocean off of the Asian coast. Today it is known as Okinawa, and is one of the island chains that constitute modern-day Japan. This map originates from ‘Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy’.
Artists and Engravers: Lithographed by Ackerman.
- Date: 1857
- Technic: Lithograph
- Overall size: 11 x 8 inch
- Image size: 6 x 8 inch
- Condition: Fine.
- PartNumber: PCT-6939
- Storage Location: (BG) A98-13
- Price: 82,5 Euro / 97 USD / 1.400.000 IDR
