JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 5 Maps of the United States & Mexico Perry's pivotal expedition to Japan

Perry's pivotal expedition to Japan (1853–1854) which re-opened trade between Japan and the West after 220 years

the land was left unincorporated

Bolton’s revision reasserts British cartographic authority during a period of expanding imperial ambition and navigational precision

Traviès was widely admired for his extraordinary ability to combine scientific fidelity with an artist’s sensitivity to posture

created around 1700

JAPANESE (Late 19th Century) - Lilies 5 Maps of the United States & Mexico Perry's pivotal expedition to JapanJAPANESE (Late 19th Century) Lilies Woodblock print and finished by hand on pith laid down on heavier stock 17 x 10 sheet Provenance: Nevins Memorial Library, MA Beautiful hand colored woodcuts from a Japanese nursery catalogue produced by the Yokohama Nursery Company for the export market. The company was formed at the end of the nineteenth for the purpose of exporting Japanese plants to the West, capitalizing on the prevailing wave of Japonism. The