Pacific ocean robinsons new map (2 Ergebnisse)

Printed colour maps in all 65.5 x 99cm, the main map roughly 50 x 65 cm, on a single sheet 76 x 101.3 cms; a little carelessly folded, decorative blue title cover, a little dusty and a few fold splits and edgewear, but in good condition. The exceptional feature of this map are the twenty six large scale inset maps of Pacific islands including: Malay States, Singapore, Hong Kong (these at lower left), Japan, Philippine Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Western and Eastern Samoa, Tahiti, Saipan, New Caledonia and Dependencies, and many others. The main map of the Pacific Ocean stretches from Southeast Asia, including all of Australia and New Zealand, the west coast of the Americas, the Kamchatka Peninsula, Manchukuo (Manchuria) and most of China. Korea and Taiwan are marked as Japanese Territory. Possessions of Britain, France, the Netherlands and the United States are highlighted. An incredibly rich source of information on the Pacific theatre during the years leading up to World War II. From the Sydney publisher H.E.C. Robinson, the firm founded in 1895 by Herbert Robinson (1857-1933), a founder of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia.…

Full colour, inset maps, principal cities and towns marked, shipping routes, international boundaries and railways. 99 x 73cm. Some small insect damage has been repaired on the verso visible on map as a few small lighter areas in the western Pacific. Pinpoint holes at folds, paper repair along cover but a very good clean copy. From the Sydney publisher H.E.C. Robinson, the firm founded in 1895 by Herbert Robinson (1857-1933), a founder of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. Although the map is undated, North and South Korea are shown as divided, which occurred in late 1945, and Manchuria is marked as still under Soviet occupation, which only lasted until 1946, at which point it was handed over to Communist China. As well as what now would be considered Southeast Asia, the main map shows the eastern half of India, Tibet, and parts of Mongolia, the USSR and East Asia. Inset maps include: Caroline Islands, Marshall Islands, Federation of Malaya, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Hawaiian Islands, Philippine Islands, Midway, Gaum and Wake Islands, Fiji Islands, Eastern & Western Samoa, Santa Cruz and Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Rabaul, Tahiti, Lord Howe, etc.…