File:1943 World War II Japanese Aeronautical Map of Borneo - Geographicus - Borneo12-wwii-1943.jpg
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Borneo |
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English: A stunning large format Japanese map of Borneo dating to World War II. Covers the entirety of the island with color coding according to district. Offers superb detail regarding both topographical and political elements. Notes cities, roads, trade routes on air, sea and land, and uses shading to display oceanic depths. All text in Japanese. While Allied World War II maps of this region are fairly common it is extremely rare to come across their Japanese counterparts. This map was created as map no. 12 of a 20 map series detailing of parts of Asia and the Pacific prepared by the Japanese during World War II. |
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Date | 1943 (undated) | ||||
Dimensions | height: 20 in (50.8 cm); width: 29 in (73.6 cm) | ||||
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Geographicus link: Borneo12-wwii-1943 |
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Category:1943 maps of Asia
Category:20th-century maps of Borneo
Category:Artworks with known accession number
Category:Artworks without Wikidata item
Category:Images from Geographicus
Category:Images from Geographicus with templates to be substituted
Category:Japanese-language maps
Category:Japanese occupation of British Borneo
Category:Maps of Borneo during World War II
Category:PD-Art (PD-Japan)
Category:PD-Art missing SDC copyright status
Category:PD-old missing SDC copyright status