RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS
BULLETIN 41
April
2004
PART
VI:
Cartography
17.
PINHEIRO MARQUES, Alfredo. A
cartografia Portuguesa do Japão (séculos XVI-XVII):
catálogo das cartas portuguesas. / The Portuguese
Cartography of Japan (XVI-XVII Centuries): A Catalogue of
Portuguese Charts. Lisbon:
Fundação Oriente / CNCDP / Imprensa Nacional, 1996. Oblong
folio (27.6 x 36.6 cm.), publ. buckram with d.j. 254 pp.,
94 full-page color reproductions (4 folding). Text in
Portuguese and English. One of 1,000 copies. ISBN:
972-27-0815-5. $120.00
On
the whole the quality of the color reproductions of the
maps and charts is high, although it varies somewhat
according to the condition of the originals and the ability
of the several institutional owners to provide top-grade
transparencies. The English translation, by Martin A.
Kayman, is first rate.