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Subject:Old Japanese map
Posted By: Paul Wed, Jan 04, 2017 IP: 98.176.202.197 I got this old map a while back, thinking it was a Chinese map of some Chinese coastal area. Several days later, taking a closer look, I noticed the finely-printed katakana throughout the map, making it Japanese. And then, to my surprise, I discovered that "up" is West, not North, as usual with maps. Voila! Europe. |
Subject:Re: Old Japanese map
Posted By: rat Wed, Jan 04, 2017 seems to be dated at the top of the columns of writing along the left margin to some point early in the Taisho era, meaning after 1912. the publisher's name in Tokyo is in the closeup you provided. |
Subject:Re: Old Japanese map
Posted By: Paul Thu, Jan 05, 2017 Additional photo: close-up of the top of the left-hand column writing. |
Subject:Re: Old Japanese map
Posted By: rat Fri, Jan 06, 2017 thanks, the date is August 1914 (or late September if they were following the lunar calendar then, I am not sure what the practice was at that time) |
Subject:Re: Old Japanese map
Posted By: Bill H Fri, Jan 06, 2017 The bold line of print at the top of the map can be translated across from the right as "New map of the most recent conflicts in Europe". |
Subject:Re: Old Japanese map
Posted By: Paul Sat, Jan 07, 2017 Thank you, Bill H and rat. |
Subject:Re: Old Japanese map
Posted By: Bill H Sun, Jan 08, 2017 There's more than a little distortion in your map. If this had been the only kind of map available to Tuchman, the "Guns of August" might've gone unwritten. |
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