(China) China ~Catalog 60~ amongst others

amongst others

From an early edition of Chatelain comes this world map with a thorough geographic glossary at the bottom

Alaska is still part of the "Russian Possessions"

Insets show the island of Corsica

Mandan which also mentions “Lewis & Clarkes Wintering place 1804-5”

(China) China ~Catalog 60~ amongst othersChina It was the beginning of a dark era for China, as Japanese frustration led to their invasion of the mainland and ongoing battles that would culminate in the ongoing Sino Japanese war, dragging on from 1937 '45. This Japanese map of the land shows arrows pointing toward locations, one in the north (near Qinhuangdao), in Manchuria (near Lianyungang), and one in the far south (what is roughly near Hai Phong, Vietnam). Map itself details the major