Guilhaume Dheulland (1770-1770), Plan du Port et de la Ville de Nagasaki (Paris, 1760), 196 x 338 mm.
This map shows Nagasaki, the only Japanese port that was open to
European
trade during the Tokugawa shogunate. In 1639, after a serious rebellion
of Japanese Christians on the island of Kyushu, all Portuguese
merchants
were exiled from Japan. That left the Dutch, but in 1641, they were
confined
to Deshima, a small artificial island, 600 by 200 feet square, built
within
the Nagasaki harbor. Deshima is the fan-shaped feature visible in the
center
of the map above. In 1715, the number of Dutch ships allowed to dock in
Nagasaki was limited to two per year. Trade was not re-opened
officially
until 1859.
This 1669 engraving shows a close-up image of the Deshima settlement in Nagasaki harbor.