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Transcription: Gokuja, Hell, or as it is otherwise call'd Roja, the Cage. By this they mean the Prison, which stands about the middle of the town, at the corner of a descending street. It consists of many separate huts and small rooms, to accommodate…

Illustrated map of Nagasaki harbor, included as a fold-out map following page 264.

Transcription: Many new Inventions were found out to torture the Christians, and the Priests were the first that made Trial of the Exquisiteness of their Pain. The poor Women and Virgins were torn Limb from Limb, by being tied to Stakes placed in the…

A depiction of Dutch and Chinese trading ships alongside Japanese fishing boats in Nagasaki harbor on a hand-colored manuscript map.

A depiction of the artificial island Dejima in Nagasaki on a hand-colored manuscript map.

A measurement of water depth in Nagasaki harbor on a hand-colored manuscript map. Translation: Depth—33 hiro [approximately 196 feet]

A depiction of a Dutch ship being blown towards Nagasaki harbor in a corner of a hand-colored manuscript map.

An isolated structure with a red roof atop a hill surrounded by other hills on a hand-colored manuscript map.

Depictions of Mount Inasa (left) and Atago Hill (right) as they appear on a hand-colored manuscript map of Nagasaki harbor.

A stretch of coastline along Nagasaki harbor from a hand-colored manuscript map. This section features many varieties of labels identifying natural and structural phenomena.

Two temples on a hand-colored manuscript map which are far outside of the central populated area of Nagasaki in (what are depicted as) uninhabited places along the coast.

The focal point of the map, this section depicts Dutch and Chinese merchant ships alongside Japanese fishing boats in Nagasaki harbor as well as a majority of the town's plan, including Dejima and indications of temples, shrines and prisons.

A depiction of Suwa Shrine in Nagasaki on a hand-colored manuscript map.

A row of temples depicted on a hand-colored manuscript map of Nagasaki.

Full title of map: "The Russian discoveries previous to the year 1763, from the map published by the Imperial Academy of Petersburg." It depicts principally the Northern Hemisphere, centering on the western coast of North America.

A segment depicting Japan ("Isle of Niphon") from the larger "The Russian discoveries previous to the year 1763, from the map published by the Imperial Academy of Petersburg."

Transcription: No Japanese is allowed to leave his native land and visit foreign countries; this being prohibited, under penalty of death. So that the long voyages which the people of this nation formerly undertook in their own vessels to Coræa,…

Description under the heading "Explication des Planches" on page v: Fig. 1. Japonoise dans le costume ordinaire, tenant un luth. Fig. 2. Tablette d'encre à écrire, dont les Chinois et les Japonois se servent. Fig. 3. Boîte qui renferme, a, une…

Globe gore featuring detail from 180 degrees to 210 degrees in longitude (east from the Prime Meridian) north of the equator depicting the Western coast of North America, the Eastern coast of Asia and an early representation of Japan ("Giapan").

An excerpt showing Suwa Shrine from an illustrated map of Nagasaki harbor, included as a fold-out map following page 264.

A world map included within Jouken Nishikawa's work from 1708 on what he knew of the broader world, perhaps as the result of Dutch and Chinese information.

A depiction of a Dutch man, woman, child and pet dog by a Japanese scholar in 1720.

An instance of an unlabeled path located on a 1741 map of Nagasaki Harbor.