4 10 88 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/hist1952-17/original/584dea6d798ba48c9c264728886659f0.pdf 5d3fd860780c5cd8c5ed6ecdcd6d21c5 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/hist1952-17/original/cd15da3327538b0d6e5267d720052ac7.pdf ce4f585cfeac7f5cb049f718bfaf2966 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/hist1952-17/original/053605beff1030cd8ea59b50cbdcad63.pdf a40dc2c19339d9a02b0fa1b5cd381151 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Logistics Dumps, Beach Causeway, Men Unloading https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/hist1952-17/original/d6ebc0b47601735e2226e22ad780a34c.pdf 1b970c4ae299c80edcbc4e5662b63f7a https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/hist1952-17/original/e39a866d35dd8ec0c42d6161cea088b2.pdf 04935db3433b984c00a1a8ec9365ccb0 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Map and CP location of Beach White 3 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/hist1952-17/original/e42d4371399071b57a4661185911c8fd.jpg e5c72e725e7668c3ef04aa2b29da3817 Map Scale Scale approximately 1:3,200. (E 119°55'01"--E 120°25'31"/N 16°37'06"--N 16°02'10"). // "Scale: 100 yd grids." Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Top Secret: Beach White #3 Description An account of the resource Notes from HOLLIS Catalog: Map shows the line of the beach defense perimeter, grass, brush, trees, all existing roads and 2 way traffic through route for unit traffic in the beach area of Ligayen Gulf, Philippines. "Enlarged from aerial photo." "Reclassified secret by auth." Map drawn on tracing paper. Notes in red ink on map. Military grids. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Harvard Map Collection (<a href="http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/014739585/catalog" target="_blank">permalink</a>) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942 Language A language of the resource English Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Prepared by S-2, -533 Division, Engineer Boat & Shore Regiment. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 1 manuscript map : color ; 31 x 46 cm https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/hist1952-17/original/36eca6920136d86d72e0a21251093c32.jpg 39a5f0c97ba7243bf61557a880f78651 Map Scale Scale [ca. 1:50,000,000] Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Novissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Description An account of the resource Notes from HOLLIS Catalog: Relief shown pictorially. Double hemispherical map of the world showing Australia as Hollandia Nova with unmapped east coast. Globes are surrounded by coloured illustrations of figures and animals of the Zodiac. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nicolaes Visscher Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Harvard Map Collection (<a href="http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/012720116/catalog" target="_blank">permalink</a>)<br />Plate no. [1] from: Atlas minor sive geographia compendiosa qua orbis terrarum per paucas attamen novissimas tabulas ostenditur / N. Visscher. Amstelaedami : ex officina N. Visscher, [1690?]. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1690 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 1 map : hand col. ; 2 hemispheres, each 26 cm. in diam. Language A language of the resource Latin https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/hist1952-17/original/93bf24759a04133c84a2911bde6899d2.jpg c57b5c255ca9938a08c36dab309305f2 Map Scale Scale [ca. 1:8,710] (E 13⁰21ʹ05ʺ--E 13⁰28ʹ05ʺ/N 52⁰33ʹ08ʺ--N 52⁰29ʹ11ʺ) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Die Königl. Preus. u. Churf. Brandenburg Residenz-Stadt Berlin Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Johann Fridrich Walter Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Harvard Map Collection (<a href="http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/010778295/catalog" target="_blank">permalink</a>) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1739 Language A language of the resource German Description An account of the resource Notes from HOLLIS Catalog: Shows names of streets, drainage, vegetation, principal buildings, and other points of interest. Relief shown pictorially. Above top margin: "Cum privilegio Sacrae Caesareae Majestatis Gratiosissimo." Oriented with north toward bottom. View below map: Prospect der Stadt Berlin wie solche Nord Westwärts anzusehen. Includes indices. Available also as a digital image through the Harvard University Web site. In German and Latin. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Homann Eben Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 1 map : hand col. ; 33 x 56 cm., on sheet 56 x 63 cm. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/hist1952-17/original/b34b2f525da524d73616de99863674df.jpg 539882dff24029215033cbdef6845310 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/hist1952-17/original/97009269a3c3119141abb97f831a32c8.jpg 3fab4bf89f5d4256385c98c652ff6cb1 Map Scale Scale not given Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sekai bankoku Nihon yori kaijō risu kokuin ōjō jinbutsuzu Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Harvard Map Collection (<a href="http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/012316889/catalog" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">permalink)</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1850 Language A language of the resource Japanese Description An account of the resource Relief shown pictorially. This map, published in the late Edo period, was one of many variations based on the original version of the Matteo Ricci series of maps of the world. This map shows the shape of the continents much simplified. The map prospectus shows people of different countries in various poses. It includes a fictitious country that is far from Japan and easy to see. Wood block print. Includes text. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 1 map : col. ; 44 x 32 cm. Tracing Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Layer 4: Colors of Continents Description An account of the resource Description: The colors of continents can be broken down into roughly six types; Blue, Red, Yellow, Green and Pink, and Black. (I have not colored the pink parts because I did not own any coloring utensils of the same color) Significance: Looking at the map from afar, one might see two large masses of land facing each other across the Pacific Ocean. It almost looks as if this is showing a rival-like relationship between the cold blue-colored landmass on the right and a warm colored landmass on the left. Furthermore, it’s also perceivable that Japan is leading the land pack on the left in its “fight” or confrontation against the right side. Although it is difficult to find a systematic link between colors and continents, the blue and cool color scheme of North and South America may be showing the world of mysteries and uncertainty, possibly representing notions of fear as well. It seems strange that most of Europe and Japan are shaded yellow while China is almost completely red. However, it is worthwhile noting that during this time, China was still operating trade at the peak of its “Imperial Chinese Tributary System”, in which countries that wanted to trade with China were required to pay tribute to show China’s cultural superiority over their own countries. When looking at the space between China and Japan closely, it almost looks as if China is in some sense, “eating” Japan. Thus, the red color may symbolize Japanese sentiments of antagonism towards the Chinese. Note that the red color highlighting the borders of Japan may be alluding to the force of the sun, otherwise known as the symbol of Japan, and is used here to depict the country’s “radiation of superiority”. European countries are yellow perhaps because Japan was influenced by European countries, primarily the Dutch (the only country that was allowed to trade with the Japanese during the isolation period) that wanted their countries to be depicted positively in the Japanese world map. The green color is used for mountains and the continent of Libya (current day Africa) which can possibly be based on a Japanese belief that these lands were still undeveloped and perhaps uninhabited. The pink color is used to identify the fictional land of Terra Australis, maybe showing the cartographer’s not-quite-assertive tone of its actual existence. Last but not least, the black color used to portray the Northern part of the map represents the dark fantastical forces in the North Pole that were believed to have existed in this century. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joki Kano Tracing Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Layer 3: Illustrations of Fictional People Description An account of the resource Description: The「女人国」at the top represents an imaginative land in China where only women live and boys who are born immediately die. 「小人国」and 「一眼国」located closely to 「女人国」 means, “Country of Dwarves” and “Country of One-eyed People”, respectively.「超人國」means “Country of Giants”. Significance: 「女人国」and「小人国」are both fictional lands that originate from Chinese folktales. 「女人国」, or the “Country of Women” perhaps may have served to fulfill the fantasies of Japanese men in which they dreamed of a world where only women existed, or to represent the Japanese women’s urge to be represented in a highly bureaucratic society that granted men with more privileges. 「小人国」, or the “Country of Dwarves” may have symbolized the people’s desire to be of a larger existence both in a physical and figurative sense. 「超人國」, or the “Country of Giants” may have stood for the Japanese fear of the unknown world, thus resulting in an image that people who lived in the farthest distance from Japan were gigantic and perhaps harmful. Furthermore, in Cartographer Sekisui Nagatomo’s world map produced in 1785, there is a description about Brazil stating “the people in Brazil eat male human flesh”, possibly contributing to this rather devilish portrayal of the people of South America. The most interesting feature is「一眼国」, or “Country of One-eyed People”, which was a fictional land that served as a setting for an old Japanese folklore. The moral of the folklore was that if a “regular” two-eyed human went to this country, they would be perceived as “abnormal” for being the only two-eyed person there, hinting the notion that there are many sides to the world people do not know about and therefore should not always assume popular beliefs. These fictional countries and people account for the possibility that the Japanese during this period of isolation believed in and hoped for the existence of a more exotic world outside their borders. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joki Kano Tracing Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Layer 2: Bodies of Water Description An account of the resource Description: Red bodies of water, 「西紅海」「東紅海」can be seen to the right of Libya and running down North America out into the Pacific Sea (which is not shown on the map), respectively.　「西南海」(Southwest Sea)「大南海」(Big South Sea)「東南海」(Southeast Sea) are all now non-existent seas that were originally from a map made in China in the 1400s. 「メカラ海」(Mekala Sea) at the South Pole is a body of water North of a hypothetical continent, Terra Australis. There is also a mysterious body of water in Africa named 「古水」(Old Water). Significance: The body of water named 「東紅海」runs from the middle of the North American continent toward the Pacific Ocean. This ocean, also called at the time, “Vermilion Sea” (or presumably the current day Gulf of Mexico) in European contexts, was thought to have completely separated and isolated the land of California from the North American continent, leaving the state’s boundaries untouched. This theory became popular in the 1700s and 1800s, when Japan was still in its “isolation” period, hence why the theory is not reflected in this map and providing possible evidence that Japan closed off its information network. Such occurrences can also be observed in the depiction of 「西南海」(Southwest Sea)「大南海」(Big South Sea)「東南海」(Southeast Sea), as they were originally bodies of water that were shown on Chinese maps produced in the 1400s. The cartographer may have attempted to compensate for his lack of knowledge in foreign bodies of water, especially in the Southern regions by bringing features from already existing Chinese maps. 「メカラ海」(Mekala Sea) located north of the fantasized continent of Terra Australis, or as the Japanese called it, “Megallanica”, could possibly represent the effort of the cartographer to stress the possible reality of the hypothetical continent’s existence. 「古水」(Old Water) located in the Southern regions of Libya (Africa) is difficult to identify as there are currently no bodies of water in the continent comparable to the size of this illustration. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joki Kano Tracing Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Layer 1: Geographical Features (Mountains) Description An account of the resource Description: Green-blue colored mountains can be seen in almost all continents of the map except for Japan and South America. Significance: Geographic features, primarily of mountainous regions give an image of how Japanese thought about natural terrains in the world. It may be worthwhile noting that the mountains in North America seem to be scattered across the land whereas the mountains in Eurasian areas seem to be more organized or are solely serving as continental boundaries. It is highly likely that the land orientation in the Americas was not understood well by the Japanese because they had technically closed off their country for 200 years. There is also a chance, however, that North Americans were perceived as disorganized or disintegrated types of people, divided by natural boundaries and possibly in a figurative sense, political boundaries as well. The one mountain illustrated inside Japanese borders is the only white mountain on the map and it seems to be of relatively big scale. This may be portraying Mount Fuji, symbolizing the Japanese admiration for what they possibly could have thought was the biggest natural landmark of the world. It may also be worth mentioning that there are relatively lightly colored mountains in the continent of South America. As far as what the geographical illustrations on the left side may have represented, the cartographer may have thought the Andes mountains were significantly tall as well and decided to illustrate them. The landmark represented by mountains on the right side of the continent, however, is unclear. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Joki Kano