Description: A map from 1920 of Japan, showing the islands of Yesso (Hokkaido), Hondo (Honshu), Shikoku, and Kiushu (Kyushu), the capital city (Tokyo) and other major cities, treaty ports, railroads, proposed railroads, submarine cables, fortifications, and navy yards. Principal steamship routes are shown with distances between ports given in nautical miles. This map shows Chosen (Korea) as a Japanese possession, and the frontiers of the Russian Empire and China, with foreign possessions in China (Port Arthur, Weihaiwei, Kiauchau). The southern limit of ice in winter is shown, highlighting the importance of the warm–water port of Port Arthur to the Russians. This map has a grid–reference to major cities and towns of Japan and Chosen in the bottom margin.
Place Names: Japan, Akita, Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Kobe, Nagoya, Osaka, Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo, Yokoham
ISO Topic Categories: oceans,
location,
inlandWaters,
boundaries
Keywords: Japan, borders, political, transportation, physical, topographical,
physical features, country borders,
major political subdivisions, railroads,
water routes, oceans,
location,
inlandWaters,
boundaries, Unknown, 1920
Source: , The New Reference Atlas of the World - A New Series of Physical, Political and Historical Maps compiled from Government Surveys and exhibiting the Latest Results of Geographical Research (New York, NY: C. S. Hammond & Company, 1920) 61
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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