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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."…

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.

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…

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…

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…

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”,…

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…

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…