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What it is:
Both the Americas and what might be construed as Africa (Libya) are portrayed by the blue layer. This colored layer also includes mountain ranges in Asia and Terra Australis. I am most intrigued by one particular mountain range that…
What it is:
The red layer includes the Asian landmass, the outline of Japan, the sun, the northern star, two rivers, several base colors for labels and colorings on the characters. There are several island groups, in what might be the East/South…
What it is:
The yellow layer depicts the landmass of the European continent, as well as the base color for Japan, the compass in the middle, mountain ranges in Europe and South America, and various labels around the map. The yellow color also…
What it is:
The pink layer primarily captures the southern landmass that stretches horizontally across the bottom of the map. The map is outlined in a uniform solid black line and presumably traces the coastline/border of the southern landmass. It…
The organization of my map, Sekai bankoku Nihon, depends on segmentation of a variety information. The segmentation is facilitated by black lines of various widths that form boxes and borders for text, drawn depictions of people from around the…
I believe that this map’s purpose is to depict logistics operations, specifically unit resupply, as U.S. Army land forces came ashore on this Philippine island. As the units moved from the beach, they were directed into one of six un-improved roads,…

The third layer is for the “shore party”, in this case the 533rd Regiment. This layer consists of the multitude of military graphics for the use by this particular unit only. While the map was designed by the S-2 (Intelligence Officer) of the…
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