Historic Map : Torakichi Maeda Map of The World, 1886, Vintage Wall Art Size:36in x 24in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward

Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island

The map covers the main coast from Surry to Dyer Neck

this map covers from Lombardy to the Papal States (Including Rome)

and west to Harrow and Isleworth - on

Map shows important cities

Historic Map : Torakichi Maeda Map of The World, 1886, Vintage Wall Art Size:36in x 24in Nova Scotia and Prince EdwardA scarce Japanese map of the world issued in Meiji 19 or 1886. This map is significant for its incorporation of western scientific data into a Japanese map. Most importantly, this is one of the first, if not the first, example of European style comparative world mountains and rivers charts to appear as such on a Japanese world map significant cartographic development given that similar world maps incorporating mountains and rivers chart only started