[GENERAL DRAFTING COMPANY]. ネラル・ドラーフティング株式会社.

アメリカ合衆國.主要地方資源産物及び風景絵入り地図. [Amerika Gasshūkoku. Shuyō chihō shigen sanbutsu oyobi fūkei eiri chizu].
[Pictorial Map of the United States of America Showing Principal Regional Resources, Products and Natural Features].

Washington D.C. 国務省. [Kokumishō]. No date. (circa 1955). Stock ID #172003

Large folding Japanese coloured map of the United States, with 3 inset maps at foot of map showing main railways, air and highway routes and hemispheres at the top right. Some browning mainly visible on reverse, still a good copy. 66 x 81cm.

An intricate and detailed pictorial map of the United States, published in Japanese by the US State Department. The same type of map had been published since 1945 in English and subsequently in other languages. The Japanese language map is hard to find. The map is undated, but was probably produced in the 1950's. The images include depictions of women board riders in two piece swimsuits of the sort popular in the 1950s, but the inset text lists Alaska and Hawaii as external territories of the US, indicating that the map was produced before they attained statehood in 1959.

An inset panel provides information on the area and population of the US, the population of major American cities, mineral and other resources, climate and topography. A note at the bottom right hand corner of the map states that copies of the map can be obtained free of charge from your nearest US Information Office.

Every region of the country is decorated with an illustration of the natural resources, industries or cultural or historical resources associated with that particular place. These include images of early colonial settlers, the birthplaces of Mark Twain and Woodrow Wilson, Booker T. Washington's house and Abraham Lincoln's grave; images of major dams, oil fields, coal mines, cotton plantations etc., various animals and crops and images of ships, cars and public buildings (including the Statue of Liberty, located rather oddly far out at sea).

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Price: $450.00 AU

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