PRINT.- JAPÃO.- Iapponiae Noua & accurata descriptio Per R.P. Antonium Francisco Cardim Societatis IESV et Elogia Iapponica.- [Romae: Typis Heredum Corbelleti, 1646].- 1 gravura a talhe-doce; 278x408 mm (matriz), 320x435 mm (folha). Engraving and etching map, not coloured, published in the work of Fr. cardim, “Fasciculus e Iapponicis floribus” (Rome, 1646). Father Cardim SJ (1596-1659), a Jesuit missionary, born in Viana do Alentejo, joined the Society of Jesus in 1611, having completed his studies in Goa. Cardim, was one of the great travelers in the East, chronicler of the Society of Jesus in China and Japan and attorney general of the province of Japan, ended his days in Macau, at the age of 63 after having lived 15 years between the two empires of the East. The print represents the diocese of Japan, with the implementation of schools, seminaries, hospitals, etc., making up the 36 points identified in the extensive caption; bottom left, a ship on the high seas, representing the arrival of St. Francis Xavier to Japan, on August 15, 1549. Slightly worn copy with some stains, left margin trimmed by the platemark; occasional minor restorations and weakened central fold. It is, however, complete and recoverable. Sommervogel, II, p. 740. Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 31,5 x 43 cm