Historic Map : Composite: Map of the Island of Japan, Kurile &c, 1818 - Vintage Wall Art

(Composite Map of) Map of the Island of Japan, Kurile &c. with the Adjacent Coasts of the Chinese Dominions and a Sketch of the River Amoor and the Baikal Lake Including the Trading Posts of Russia and China and their relative situations with Peking. Delineated by A. Arrowsmith 1811. London, Published by A. Arrowsmith, No. 10 Soho Square, Hydrographer to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, 4th January, 1811. Additions to 1818. | Map of the Island of Japan, Kurile &c. with the Adjacent Coasts of the Chinese Dominions and a Sketch of the River Amoor and the Baikal Lake Including the Trading Posts of Russia and China and their relative situations with Peking. Delineated by A. Arrowsmith 1811. London, Published by A. Arrowsmith, No. 10 Soho Square, Hydrographer to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, 4th January, 1811. Additions to 1818. | Aaron Arrowsmith (1750-1823) was the finest cartographer of his generation. Although he received little formal education it is believed that he was taught some mathematical instruction by William Emerson, an author of several books on the application of mathematics to the area of cartography. Around 1770, Arrowsmith moved to London to seek employment. It is believed that he worked for William Faden before joining John Cary Sr. in the early 1780s. There he provided the measurements for John Cary's early publication detailing the roads from London to Falmouth, his first signed work. Arrowsmith set up on his own n 1790 and over the next thirty years produced some of the most beautiful and elegant maps of the era.