A large very decorative Japanese world map published as sugoroku (a Japanese game which might be compared to backgammon) published as a supplement to the 1930 New Year’s Day edition of the Osaka Mainichi Shimbun newspaper. The really interesting map is drawn on a Mollweide projection instead the more commonly used Mercator projection: cartographers use the Mollweide projection when an accurate representation of area takes precedence over the accuracy of shapes. Countries are in shades of yellow, orange, green, red, purple and brown; oceans are blue. The graphically striking design encouraging players to make their way around the world along aviation routes of various types. The map also features the tracks of four legendary pioneering flights, being: the Circumnavigation of World by the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) in 1924; Charles Lindbergh’s Solo Transatlantic Flight (May 20-1, 1927); the Airship Italia’s route to the North Pole (1928); and the Circumnavigation by the Graf Zeppelin airship in 1929. Japan lies at the center, with countries identified by national flags. Around the border of the map are black and white images of people, animals, and historical buildings relating to the different stops along the way. The text boxes at the bottom give directions for playing the game, and important things for children to learn. [Ref: David Rumsey Collection: 7926.000.]
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Out of stockOne of the most decorative eighteenth century world maps. This J.B. Homann’s double hemisphere map of the world is richly embellished with celestial models of the northern and southern hemispheres and other natural phenomena such as waterspouts, a rainbow, earthquakes, and the Mt. Etna in Sicily erupting. Wind heads occupy the starry heavens, and two cherubs hold the title banner aloft. The map includes many famous cartographic inaccuracies with an unusually elongated northwest coastline in North America, labeled Terra Esonis. It also shows an incomplete Australia, although with place names and notes of the early discoverers included. The east coast of New Zealand is shown, along with the Tracts of Tasman’s 1642 voyage and Magellan’s Voyage. The detail in Southeast Asia is very interesting for the period, as is the treatment of Japan. Interesting text panels at bottom describe the natural phenomena.
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Out of stockAmazing pictorial map of the world’s international short wave radio stations, with each continent crammed with imagery. The map was drawn by Walter Eckhard (1903-1982) and published in Eindhoven, 1953 by the radio division of Philips. Superimposed on the map are red circles indicating the locations of dozens of shortwave radio stations. Small drawings throughout represent genre scenes depicting the people, plants and animals. Includes detailed index to the stations on the lower margin and…
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Uncommon elegant Italian map by Filippo Naymiller showing the world in two hemispheres published in Milan. Includes a second sheet of text embellished by vignettes engraved by Baldi. It provides really interesting geographical and statistical information of the continents. The map was finely engraved by Pietro Allodi. From Atlante di geografia universale: cronologico, storico, statistico e letterario. Milan, 1860 at Tipografia Pagnoni.
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Portugal – The country that has contributed most to Geographic Knowledge of the Globe.
More Info € 450,00Portolan-style world map printed in red, green, blue, and gold, showing the voyage tracks of over twenty sixteenth-and-seventeenth-century Portuguese explorers. Less than 10 institutional examples located.
- Dimension: 43 x 63 cm
- Place of publication: Porto
- Year: 1940
