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Colour folding copper engraved map with printed colour, 36 x 35cm, folded 15.2 x 10.2cm, paper title label upper cover, very good copy. This 1878 map of Africa was based on Mitchell's New School Atlas and Cornell's High School Atlas. These atlases were held by Gifu Teachers' College. Most of the names of the African countries and European colonies are written in Kanji characters instead of katakana.…

Attractive hand coloured folding map of North America, 36 x 35cm, folded 15.2 x 10.2cm, paper title label upper cover. This 1878 map of North and Central America was based on Mitchell's New School Atlas and Cornell's High School Atlas. These atlases were held by Gifu Teachers' College. The US state borders are drawn and each state is coloured in different shades, including Alaska. A few states in Canada are identified. All the state names are written in Kanji characters instead of katakana. To the south, Central America as far as Panama appears in the map.…

Colour folding copper plate engraved map showing Australia and the islands of Southeast Asia, 36 x 35cm, folded 15.2 x 10.2cm, title label on upper cover. Very good copy. This Japanese 1878 map of Australia, New Zealand, Borneo, New Guinea and the Philippines was based on two atlases held in the Gifu Teachers' College - Mitchell's New School Atlas and Cornell's High School Atlas. Shapes of Sumatra and Java are not accurate here. Australia is divided into different colonies and coloured accordingly. The majority of what is the Northern Territory today is coloured in blue and titled Alexandra Land, a smaller pink section above Alexandra Land is labelled "Northern State".…

Complete set of 6 copperplate engraved maps with hand colouring. Maps 1-4 published by ???? (Okayasu Keisuke) [1878] (Meiji 11); Maps 5 & 6 published by ????? (Kuwabara Inosuke) [1880] (Meiji 13). 1.Asia, the Middle East, and Russia east of the Urals (340 x 400 mm); 2. Africa (310 x 260 mm); 3.Europe, with Russia west of the Urals (340 x 390 mm); 4.North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (370 x 340 mm); 5. South America (350 x 280 mm); 6.Australia, New Zealand, and the island nations of Southeast Asia (310 x 330 mm);each map folding to 150 x 100 mm, and with its original yellow covers with title slip; the 6 maps in very good condition, with an early owner's occasional brushed red and black script next to some of the place names; the folded maps are housed in the original paper case, 155 x 110 mm, as issued. These Meiji era maps would have been largely based on contemporary western sources, the influences of which are evident in the use of latitude and longitude, as well as in some of the place names (for example, China is labeled Shina [??] instead of by the dynastic name as had been Japanese cartographic practice).All six maps are reasonably accurate for each region, down to the major mountains and rivers. The map of Australia shows each colony in a different colour; a large part of the northern portion of South Australia is in a different colour and labeled Alexandra Land, whilethe top end is separately delineated asArnhem Land. The map of America also shows each state in a different colour. Complete sets are held in the National Diet Library of Japan and the National Library of Australia. …