Historic Map : Schely Plan or Map of Edo or Tokyo, Japan , 1752, Vintage Wall Art New York City reared on the works of

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Historic Map : Schely Plan or Map of Edo or Tokyo, Japan , 1752, Vintage Wall Art New York City reared on the works ofThis is an attractive and highly desirable c. 1752 map of Edo or Tokyo, Japan. Issued by Bellin and Schley for Prevost's Histoire Generale des Voyages , this map is cartographically based on a 1702 map of the same issued by Scheuchzer and Kaempfer, which itself is most likely based on Japanese maps. Centered on Edo Castle, this map depicts the whole of Edo as it existed, with numerous street shown but not named. Edo Castle itself is fancifully