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158464215Antwerp.: Abraham Ortelius. circa1584. Two engraved maps on laid paper each 30.3 x 19.5 cm printed on the one sheet 48 x 60 cm original fold attractive hand colour with related French text on verso slight toning and spotting to the margins but the maps in very good condition preserved in a modern window mount. Attractive maps of the German coast published in Ortelius' great atlas "Theatrum Orbis.". The left-hand map showing the mouths of the Elbe complete with sea monster and Eider Rivers and the coast of Schleswig-Holstein; the right-hand map of the Baltic coast with the Pomeranian islands of Rugen and Usedom. . (Abraham Ortelius). unknown
1572160554Tokyo 東京: 統制社Tosei-sha. 昭和 Showa 18. 1943. Colour folding map 54 x 75.5cm with original envelope. Envelope a little torn some occasional browning very good. The 13th map in this Standard Maps of Greater East Asia series of 20 maps. All text in Japanese. Shows railways shipping routes administrative boundaries airfields ports lighthouses mines oil wells etc. . 統制社(Tosei-sha) unknown
1572154080Tokyo: 統制社Tosei-sha. 昭和18 Showa1943. Folding colour map of New Zealand with inset of Auckland and Wellington top and bottom corners1:2000000 scale little light browning. Original envelope worn with closed tears. 54 x 76.5cm. Good copy. Scale plan of New Zealand printed by Tosei in 1943. The map legend shows infrastructure deemed important to the Land Survey Bureau of the General Staff Headquaters of the Imperial Japanese army such as boundaries powerlines quarries and mines; railroads sea-routes etc. . 統制社(Tosei-sha) unknown
1519172590奉天. Mukuden.: 満鉄鉄道総局. Mantetsu Tetsudo Sokyoku. 昭和 15 1940. Colour folded map seven small very holes not affecting the printed image otherwise good. 53 x 38.5cm Map showing the comprehensive railway network in Manchuria with names of all the stations. It includes the lines run by the South Manchurian Railway Company their temporary industrial lines light rail as well as the lines run by other Russian and Chinese companies. By 1940 the network had expanded so much that it included almost the whole of Manchuria. . 満鉄鉄道総局. [Mantetsu Tetsudo Sokyoku]. unknown
1572160538東京.Tokyo.: 日本名所圖繪社.Nihon Meisho Zuesha. 昭和16 1941. Folding colour Japanese map of the Malay Archipelago and Thailand scale 1: 8500000 with attractive original pictorial paper envelope. This map also shows the Dutch French and American colonies. Hainan Province and the South China Sea are shown in the north. Agricultural and mineral resources indicated across the map. Few small holes at holes and other light signs of wear. Slipcase lttle torn. Text in Japanese and English. 53.3 × 78.2cm. . 日本名所圖繪社.[Nihon Meisho Zuesha]. unknown
1519173266Tokyo.: 大日本帝國陸地測量部. Dainihon Teikoku Rikuchi Sokuryōbu. Taisho 15. 1926. Folding colour Japanese map of Shanghai and coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces. Scale 1:100000 embossed stamp lower right corner. Legend lower edge showing different landforms on the left section forests deserts wildlands plateaus rivers and lakes middle section showing various facilities such as post offices telecommunication offices temples ancestral halls ancient battle ground mines military fortifications submarine communications cables city walls and gates etc. right section showing different sizes of cities towns and villages and administrative boundaries. <br> <br>Occasional foxing along edges and folds ink annotation in Kanji on reverse good copy. Text in Japanese. Sheet measures 45.2 x 57.7cm. This very detailed map was originally surveyed by the Land Survey Department Empire of Japan in Taisho 7 1918. This revised edition features the railway line connecting Hangzhou - Jiashan - Shanghai - Suzhou - Wuxi. . 大日本帝國陸地測量部. [Dainihon Teikoku Rikuchi Sokuryōbu]. unknown
1572159290東京.Tokyo.: 金鈴社. Kinrei-sha. 昭和十八 October 101943. Two maps printed in colour on a single side of a folded sheet. The map titled "Complete Map of India and Australia" shows the region covering Australia southern India western mainland south-east Asia Indonesia the Philippines and New Guinea. The other map titled "India and Burma" shows the region covering India Afghanistan the western section of China Burma and Thailand on the lower left side. New Zealand is in an inset map in the lower right corner. As the note on the cover says "Including the detailed descriptions of the Solomons New Guinea and southern islands" this map shows the theatres of the Pacific War and the surrounding areas. The map indicates agricultural and mineral resources as well as cities roads railways sea routes national borders etc. Cover and publication details printed on two panels on the reverse. Some marking and browning. . 金鈴社. [Kinrei-sha]. unknown
1572172829大阪. Osaka.: 大阪毎日新聞社. Osaka Mainichi Shinbunsha. 昭和 13 1938. Black and white map folded showing Hankow one of the three cities which merged to become Wuhan 54.5 x 49cm scale 1:2000000. Some light browning tiny closed tear upper margin neatly repaired with conservation standard tape. Good copy. This Hankow/Hankou War Situation Map is a supplement map of Osaka Mainichi Newspaper on 25 August 1938. The two inset maps show the region around Nanjing and Hong Kong. It gives detailed place names of Hankow area. . 大阪毎日新聞社. [Osaka Mainichi Shinbunsha]. unknown
1572171093Qingdao: Taiheiyoko. 太平洋行. 昭和 13 1938. Coloured folding plan of Qingdao in 1938. some browning on reverse with a small lighter section on map Japanese place names no scale 36 x 39cm 3 inset maps. This 1938 Qingdao city map shows street names in Chinese characters and location of Chinese and Japanese public buildings such as the hospital shrines Japanese primary schools and high schools. The 3 inset maps show railway and transport routes as well as outskirts of the city. . [Taiheiyoko]. 太平洋行. unknown
1572160545No place of publication.: 朝日新聞社. The Asahi Shimbun. 昭和十五1940. Published by 朝日新聞社 The Asahi Shimbun Japanese folding coloured WWII map with a calendar from January to June Shōwa 15 at the left scale 1:300000. Map includes French Indochina Dutch East Indies and parts of the territory of Papua China and British India. Some light browning and foxing otherwise very good. Text in Japanese. 25.3 x 51cm. Legend at lower left lists the boundaries between continents countries and provincials or regions railways airline routes capitals and Japanese embassies and consulates. <br> <br>The natural resources are indicated across the map. The map also shows parts of the territory of Papua under Australia's administration " 濠洲委任統治領 Gōshū inin tōchiryō". . 朝日新聞社. [The Asahi Shimbun]. unknown
1519180794Chicago.: Chicago Daily Tribune. January 151942. Printed colour map on a single newspaper leaf 53 x 40.7 cm; 59.8 x 45 cm sheet inset text box marginal browning and at the folds but remarkably bright in very good condition. WWII map of China showing most of China Indo-China Thailand and Korea with territory captured and controlled by Japan shaded in orange and red published by the Chicago Daily Tribune barely six weeks after the bombing of Pearl Harbour. The text on the map reads "Since 1937 China has been at war with Japan. Lacking many essentials of war the Chinese nevertheless have managed to maintain a front against the aggressors. China's principal life line is the Burma road shown on the map which starts at Lashio Burma and extends to Kunming Yunnan province where it links with connections to Chunking the present Chinese capital". <br> <br>Based on a Rand McNally map the Tribune briskly got to work issuing maps for readers showing the beginnings of the war with Japan. Later maps were also published for sale separately but remarkably few have survived. <br>"… the historic Chicago Tribune was an innovator in color inks and printing but also a pioneer in bringing colorful art in the form of illustrations photographs cartoons and advertisements to the average person in an everyday medium." see The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Collection Michigan State University Libraries. . Chicago Daily Tribune. unknown
1572160533Tokyo.: 日本名所圖繪社.Nihon Meisho Zuesha. 昭和 17 1942. Folding Japanese coloured map of the Malay Archipelago and Thailand during World War II scale 1:8500000. Legend in lower corner indicates altitudes. Ink annotation in Japanese left edge. Pin holes at three corners upper right corner torn with loss evenly browned otherwise very good. Text in Japanese and English. 52.8 x 75.6cm. This map shows most of Thailand former Indochina Hainan Province and South China Sea Sumatra and Java Sea Borneo the Philippine Islands Celebes Timor New Guinea and parts of Micronesia. Natural resources such as tobacco spices wood sugar metal mines tin iron and etc. rice and other resources are indicated on the map. . 日本名所圖繪社.[Nihon Meisho Zuesha]. unknown
