East Asia
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Out of stockRara pubblicazione separata di propaganda che mostra la carta geografica della Cina circondata da otto medaglioni con i ritratti del leader militari cinesi con Mao Tse Toung in alto al centro. La carta mostra in basso l’epilogo della guerra civile cinese con un soldato che infilza una bandiera nella schiena del generale Chiang Kai-shek. Il primo ottobre 1949 Mao Tse-tung e le truppe dell’Esercito di Liberazione del Popolo entrarono a Piazza Tienanmen, sconfiggendo definitivamente i…
- Dimension: 48 x 36 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1949
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Out of stockFine woodblock print showing a map of Japan oriented with north to the upper right designed by Seiken Gengyo and engraved by Takeguchi Takesaburo. The very detailed map covers Ezo to Tsushima and Okinoerabujima, shows cities, districts, castle towns, waterways, and distances from port to port. Includes distance charts, Kuroshio and legend. A very interesting revision of a map by Nagakubo Sekisui (the first Japanese cartographer to employ lines of longitude and latitude), and notable…
- Dimension: 71 x 100 cm
- Year: 1864
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Out of stockA lovely pictorial map of Japan published for social studies by le no Hikari in 1958.
- Dimension: 51 x 72 cm
- Place of publication: Tokyo
- Year: 1958
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A lovely 1925 pictorial map/sugaroku game of Japan
- Dimension: 72 x 105 cm
- Place of publication: Osaka
- Year: 1925
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Out of stockCarta geografica pittorica della Russia disegnata per l’Expo ’58, l’Esposizione Universale di Bruxelles che si tenne dal 17 aprile al 19 ottobre 1958. Fu la prima esposizione mondiale su larga scala del secondo dopoguerra. Una volta terminata la fiera, il padiglione sovietico fu smontato e riportato in Russia ad eccezione del modello dello Sputnik, che scomparve misteriosamente. La mappa descrive attraverso deliziose vignette sul territorio le risolse naturali e produttive della nazione. In alto a…
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- Year: 1958
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Out of stockInteresting pictorial map of Southeast Asia, Oceania, Australia, and the Pacific published by Keiu Hatano in 1944. Centered on Philippines, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea the map extends to Alaska and the entire eastern coasts of the Americas. Below there are two inserts explaining the several vignettes on the map; One of the keys pertains to war and includes symbols representing naval and air force bases, active and sunken ships. Not included within these keys…
- Dimension: 50 x 70 cm
- Year: 1944
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Out of stockA lovely and uncommon map of Southeast Asia showing the French Indochina published in Paris by the pharmaceutical laboratories Neutroses-Vichy in 1939 at Petit Jean. Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam are symbolized by small vignette.
- Dimension: 310 x 210 mm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1939
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Charming map of the East Indies covering the coast of Indochina and Malaysia with the Philippines and Indonesia. The west coast of New Guinea is exaggerated and the southern coastline of Java is shown only by a dotted line. From the Mercator Hondius “Atlas Minor” published in Amsterdam in 1648 at Jannsonius with german text on verso. In 1607 Jodocus Hondius published a reduced size version of Mercator’s “Atlas”, itself suitably titled “Atlas Minor”. The maps were copied from those of the great
- Year: 1648
- Dimension: 195 x 145 mm
- Place of publication: Amsterdam
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Beautiful and rare map of South East Asia centered on Borneo from Burma to Northern Australia.
- Year: 1690
- Dimension: 450 x 610 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
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Out of stockRare map of the Philippines and Southeast Asia, extending north to Hong Kong and Taiwan. The map provides a detailed topographical treatment of the region, with the various countries identified in outline colors. From the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.
- Dimension: 29 x 34 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1858
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A beautiful example of Zatta’s map from the famous Atlante Novissimo showing Korea, Manchuria, Chinese Tartary and parts of adjacent Russian Tartary, Independent Tartary, Mongolia, and Japan. Interesting very detailed depiction of the area within Korea and the unusual rendering of Hokkaido, here labeled ‘Jeso –Gasima.’ The beautiful map it also outlines the portions of the Great Wall of China. Published in Venice in 1784.
- Year: 1779
- Dimension: 315 x 405 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
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Out of stockLarge pictorial map of Asia designed by Herve Baille to promote the Messageries Maritime’s new ships “Cambodge”, “Laos”, and “Viet-Nam” for the month-long travel to the Far East from Colombo to Yokohama via Singapore, Saigon, Hong Kong and Kobe. The map is richly embellished with vignettes in Herve Baille’s distinctive graphic style, showcasing flora, fauna, and notable locations such as Angkor Wat in Cambodia and the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. Messageries Maritimes (1852-1977) è…
- Dimension: 75 x 55 cm
- Place of publication: Paris
- Year: 1954
