Between 1630 and 1830 Japan's borders were virtually closed to western visitors. The only Europeans allowed into Japan were the Dutch. Atlas Japannensis: being remarkable addresses by way of embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces…
Verso in pencil: Supposed to be taken from Barstow Hall [pencil sketch of house & hills]; in ink: 25; on mount in ink: The cemetery at Auckland; in pencil: Graves of Commodore Burnett H.M.S. Orpheus. Captain Mercer C. Batty 4B de RA