Antique Map of Japan and Korea — Postcard

This postcard reproduces an antique map of Japan, its provinces divided into soft pastel patches of pink, blue, and yellow. In the old cartographic tradition, Korea appears as an island off the coast, labeled “Corea Insula,” with jagged mountains marking the mainland to the northwest.

Old maps got Korea's shape wrong for centuries — a fun detail to point out when sending this to a geography-minded friend.

• Type: Postcard
• Size: 10×15 cm
• Density: 350 g/m²