1895 Japanese Map of Taiwan
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New Map of Great Japan and Taiwan, Penghu Archipelago / 大日本台灣新圖, 澎湖［］列嵨 / Dà Rì Běn Tái Wān Xīn Tú, Pēnghú Liè Dǎo
Early map of Japanese Taiwan issued shortly following the 1895 occupation
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Early map of Japanese Taiwan issued shortly following the 1895 occupation
An attractive and historically important early map of Taiwan or Formosa drawn shortly after the island was sized by Japanese forces at the beginning of the First Sino-Japanese War (August 1, 1894 – April 17, 1895). After occupying the Taiwan, the Japanese government quickly dispatched surveyors to properly assess and map their new territory. The maps that immediately followed these surveys were a cartographic attempt to assimilate Taiwan into the expanding Japanese Empire. They also profess to the extreme popular interest among Japanese citizens in the occupied lands. The present map covers the entirety of Taiwan as well as the nearby Pescadores (Penghu Islands) and Fujian Coast (China). Despite large print runs often associated with major Japanese news publishers, few of this initial wave of Japanese Taiwan maps survive today and are, as a class, quite rare.Condition
Very good. Wear an a few minor repaired tears, on original fold lines, especially at fold intersections. Else good.