Description: A map from 1920 of China and the Empire of Japan at the time. The map shows political boundaries and foreign possessions, capitals, provincial capitals, major cities, treaty ports, existing and proposed railroads, canals, submarine telegraph cables, mountain systems, plateaus, basins, deserts, lakes, rivers, coastal features, and islands. The map shows Japanese possessions in pink, including Chosen (Korea), the southern Liaodong Peninsula around Port Arthur, the eastern Shantung Province, the former German territory of Kiauchau (Qingdao or Tsingtao), the Riukiu (RyuKyu) Island chain, and Formosa (Taiwan). Place Names: China, Peking, Fuchau, Canton, Chingtu, ISO Topic Categories: boundaries,
location,
inlandWaters,
oceans,
transportation Keywords: China, physical, transportation, physical features, railroads, boundaries,
location,
inlandWaters,
oceans,
transportation, Unknown, 1920 Source: , Hammond's Modern Atlas of the World (New York, NY: C. S. Hammond and Company, Inc., 1920) 62 Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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