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Very good. Minor dampstain left side. Discoloration south of India. Size 7 x 20 Inches. This is Herman Moll's 1711 chart of world trade winds, an early example of a meteorological chart based on Edmond Halley's seminal 1686 map. This first printing of the map is notable for reflecting the state of European geographic and scientific knowledge at the time, making new discoveries but with many uncertainties remaining, as with the coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and California. A Closer Look Centered on the Pacific Ocean, the map is crisscrossed by lines representing the prevailing winds at various times of the year. Arrows in 'void spaces' (especially the Pacific) demonstrate shifting trade winds. The regularity of winds around the Indian Subcontinent and between Mainland and Insular Southeast Asia (i.e., the monsoons) indicates why these regions have carried on extensive maritime trade for many centuries. The map is also notable for including a 'line of no variation' (agonic line), that is, a line where there would be no magnetic variation between north on a compass and true north, another important contribution of Halley (subsequent research has shown that this line is constantly moving due to fluid motion in the Earth's core). This map is also significant for demonstrating contemporary cartographic debates. The coasts of Australia, Diemen's Land (Tasmania), and New Zealand are partially mapped, based on Dutch explorations of the 17th century, but these would not be fleshed out until Cook's voyages some 60 years after this map's publication. Also important is the mapping of California as an island - a convention Moll wholeheartedly embraced - just below and to the right of the title box. The British Empire' is noted on the east coast of North America leading to a surprisingly inaccurate, amoeba-like mapping of Cape Cod. Haley's Influence The present map is based on Edmond Halley's untitled 1686 map, commonly known as 'Halley's Chart of the Trade Winds,' that appeared in the journal Philosophical Transactions . Halley's original was centered on Africa and eschews the Pacific entirely, whereas Moll had placed the Pacific at center. Moll has also extended the scope further north and south, and added the information about monthly and seasonal wind variations. In other words, Moll has added significantly to Halley's original map, which is considered to be the earliest meteorological map. Publication History and Census This map was issued in 1711 in Moll's Atlas Geographus, or, a Compleat System of Geography, Ancient and Modern , its first printing. It was thereafter adopted for several of the large compilation works of the following decades, including Thomas Salmon's Modern History, or, the Present State of All Nations and Awnsham and John Churchill's A Collection of Voyages and Travels . The different printings of the map can be distinguished by the pagination at top-right ('pag. 80' here). The map is independently cataloged among the holdings of the University of Arizona, the University of South Carolina, the New York Public Library, the National Library of Australia, and the Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen-Nürnberg, while the Atlas Geographus is more widespread. References: OCLC 28357009, 633086983, 1012917135.

Very good. Original fold lines visible. Some wear along fringes. Sporadic foxing on the verso. Size 31.25 x 42.5 Inches. This is a rare 1936 world map published in Hinode (???), a popular Japanese magazine, showing the comparative military strength of major world powers. The map augurs Japan's coming conflicts with China in 1937 and Western powers in 1941. The World's Armaments The map, very similar to maps that appeared in the 1930s in King magazine, Hinode 's main competitor, shows the comparative military strength of major world powers - a subject of growing public interest in Japan. The symbols noted in the legend indicate undersea and wireless telecommunications, railways, sea and air routes, ports, airports, large and capital cities, canals, and geographic features. A special, secondary legend to the left indicates the lines representing air routes of different countries (from top to bottom: Japan, England, U.S.A., France, Germany, Holland, the Soviet Union, Manchukuo, and others). Three color-coded tables at bottom-right show the relative military strength of land, sea, and air forces of major powers, with Japan at top in red, followed by the U.S., Britain, France, Italy, Germany, and the Soviet Union. Land forces are divided into troops, tanks, armored cars, heavy artillery; air forces show military and civilian aircraft; and naval forces are classified by type, number, and tonnage of ships. Below Eurasia sit inset maps of Europe and East Asia. The latter shows the location and range of fighters flying from Soviet airfields in Siberia and Mongolia, along with bombers from Vladivostok and American airfields in Shanghai, Manila, and Guam. The map also notes foreign fleets stationed in East Asia and the land forces of the Soviet Union and China, including the Chinese Communists (areas shaded with diagonal red lines). Verso and Cover In contrast to the belligerent tone of the map, the verso (back) is a placid advertisement for face lotion made by the cosmetics giant Club (???). The headline reads 'The great nourishing effect of hormones!' and the text and illustrations below show the process for applying the recommended five drops of lotion. These seemingly dissonant images represent the home front experience in the early years of the war, when Japanese armies went from one victory to another and before shortages and American bombing caused widespread suffering. The cover gives the map's title and basic publication information, with military aircraft flying over the portion of a globe including Japan, Korea, and Manchuria, and the rays of the rising sun (a common symbol of Japan's empire) emanating in the background. The East Asian Powder Keg After a quick glance at this map, it is easy to see how the world, and East Asia in particular, was primed for a major conflict. Indeed, Japan and China were engaged in a full-scale war by the summer of 1937 (the Second Sino-Japanese War). Four main factors contributed to this situation: the first was militarism and hypernationalism in Japan, which had led to an unashamedly expansionist foreign policy, the second was the rising economic and military power of Japan in the context of a world system dominated by European powers, the third was the increasing tension between the Soviet Union on the one hand and anti-Communist fascist or militarist powers (including Japan) on the other, and the fourth was the domestic political situation in China. At this time, China was only loosely unified by the Nanjing Government led by Chiang Kai-Shek. Popular opinion strongly favored a war with Japan, which had seized Manchuria in 1931 and was gradually picking off territory in northern China. However, Chiang wanted time to improve his military, better unify the country, and eliminate the Communists before seeking a wider war with Japan. In December 1936, just before this map's publication, Chiang was kidnapped by one of his own generals during a meeting in Xi'an and forced to enter a United Front wit.