Аннотация:The proposed paper is an attempt to outline direct or indirect usage of East Asian sources
of the visual representation of Japan in the European maps and to reveal characteristic
features of the archipelago’s representation when European mapmakers got an opportunity
to be acquainted with Japanese maps and measure the islands directly; such was the
case of maps made by Ignacio Moreira (1538/39–?), Luis Teixeira (1564–1604).
Teixeira’s map of Japan (Japoniae Insvlae Descriptio) represents a compilation of
Portuguese and Japanese information in which the latter dominates, primarily that
obtained in Gyoki-type maps.
This investigation is aimed to show how Chinese and Japanese cartographical
sources were used in Japan’s representation in the Ortelius Atlas Maps (which include
maps of the world, Asia, Tartaria, East Indies, China, Pacific Ocean and a single map of
Japan). One more purpose is to demonstrate the cross-influence, interdependence among
modern Far Eastern and Western cartographies in mapping Japan.