Nankyoku Tairiku (The Antarctic Continent)

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Nankyoku Tairiku [The Antarctic Continent]

Nihon Kyokuchi Kenkyū Shinkōkai [edited by].

Tōkyō: Nihon Kyokuchi Kenkyū Shinkōkai, 1965.

A sizeable (79 x 109.5 cm) colour map of Antarctica edited and produced by the Japan Polar Research Association (J.P.R.A.) in 1965. The map has a scale of 1:6,500,000, and place names are recorded in English and occasionally Japanese. The routes taken by expedition teams from various countries are depicted as red lines, each of which is accompanied by the name of the country that ran the expedition and the dates of the expedition. The image of Japan laid over Antarctica would have emphasised to Japanese viewers the vast distances travelled by the members of many of these expeditions. More detailed information on bases, seas, and other important landmarks is provided in Japanese in the map. The inset map in the upper right-hand corner provides a closer view of Japan's Showa Station.

One fold-out colour map, complete. Small holes to crease intersections. Light browning to extremities. 79 x 109.5 cm when laid flat, 27.9 x 20 cm when folded.

Nankyoku Tairiku (The Antarctic Continent)
Price: $160.00 (USD)