1639 Jansson & Hondius Large Antique Map of Japan, Korea & China - Japoniae Nova Descriptio North America The first European to record

The first European to record sighting Ra\\\\\\\'iātea was Pedro Fernandes de Queirós in 1606

while the third (1649–1651) saw fighting between supporters of King Charles II and supporters of the Rump Parliament

Corte-Real returned with his brother

when England conquered it and renamed it Jamaica

1639 Jansson & Hondius Large Antique Map of Japan, Korea & China - Japoniae Nova Descriptio North America The first European to recordTitle : Japoniae Nova Descriptio Date : 1639 Size: 22 1 2in x 18 3 4in (570mm x 475mm) Ref #: 43136 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This fine, beautifully hand coloured original antique, early scarce map of Japan & Korea (as an Island) with parts of eastern China was published in the 1639 French edition of Gerardi Mercators Atlantis Novi Atlas by Jan Jansson and Henricus Hondius. Condition Report: Paper thickness and quality: Heavy and