Actaeon

Japanese: Actaeon
Actaeon

…Siebold published the Map of Japan in the Netherlands in 1840 (Tenpo 11), but it was not well received because it was small-scale and not very practical. Based on the Treaty of Edo, a surveying fleet led by the Actaeon arrived in Japan in 1861 (Bunkyu 1). The captain of the expedition was surprised at the accuracy of the Ino map, which was held by a guide sent by the shogunate, and after receiving a copy of it, he stopped coastal surveying and only carried out soundings of the nearby waters before returning. In 1863, the Royal Navy Hydrographic Department published the Coastal Map of Japan and Its Vicinity (Mercator projection), which made the true state of the Japanese archipelago widely known to the world. …

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Japanese:

…シーボルトは1840年(天保11)にオランダで《日本国地図》を刊行したが,縮尺が小さくて実用性に乏しいのであまり評判にはならなかった。江戸条約に基づき,61年(文久1)にイギリス海軍からアクテオンActaeon号を主艦とする測量艦隊が来日したが,隊長は幕府から派遣された案内役人が持っていた伊能小図を見てその正確なのに驚き,その写しをもらって沿海測量をやめ,近海の測深だけを実施して帰った。63年にイギリス海軍水路部では《日本付近沿海図》(メルカトル図法)を刊行し,これによって日本列島の正しい状態が世界に広く知られた。…

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