Folding printed map measuring 27.5x37.5 cm (10¾x14¾"), with two columns of text on the verso. Anti-Japanese propaganda map published prior to the war, around 1933. Quite scarce, OCLC locates only a single copy held by the University of Illinois. Description of the OCLC copy "A circa 1933 anti-Japanese propaganda map published prior to World War II. The map is strikingly prescient, outlining Japanese plans in detail, including the upcoming bombing of Pearl Harbor, the attack on the Philippines, and the seizure of Singapore. The map was prepared by the Japanese Imperial Military Intelligence Department with a detailed plan of Japan's proposed conquest of the Far East and the Hawaiian Islands. The map covers East Asia and the Pacific from Burma to Hawaii and from Kamchatka to the Celebs. Arrows indicate Japanese attack plans, with shading indicating enemy armies. The document itself is undated but refers to publications issued as late as 1932. Another example, which was sent to the Library of Congress (LC), bears a manuscript note that it was sent there by the Kuo Min Tang on May 13, 1933. The layout of the text on the verso suggests that the map was intended to accompany some sort of bound volume, possibly a later edition of the Tanaka Memorial, an English version of which was also published by the San Francisco Chinese National Salvation Publicity Bureau. The present map, like the LC example, exhibits a fold metric, and there is no evidence that it was ever bound. This map is closely related to the Tanaka Memorial, which it references on the verso. The Memorial is a supposed secret document discovered by KMT intelligence in 1927. Although no one has ever seen the original document, it is said to be a 13,000-word petition presented by Prime Minister Baron Tanaka Giichi to Emperor Hirohito on July 25, 1927, outlining a program of expansion extending Japanese power into Manchuria, China, and Mongolia, thus setting the stage for eventual world conquest. The document is controversial, and some claim it is a hoax. When the KMT initially began circulating it in Asia, America, and Europe, Japan was quick to deny it. The publisher was a propaganda arm of the Kuomintang that operated both in China and through various subsidiaries abroad. Only one other example of this map is known".--Edited description provided by Geographicus Rare Antique Maps.
Folding printed map measuring 27.5x37.5 cm (10¾x14¾"), with two columns of text on the verso. Anti-Japanese propaganda map published prior to the war, around 1933. Quite scarce, OCLC locates only a single copy held by the University of Illinois. Description of the OCLC copy "A circa 1933 anti-Japanese propaganda map published prior to World War II. The map is strikingly prescient, outlining Japanese plans in detail, including the upcoming bombing of Pearl Harbor, the attack on the Philippines, and the seizure of Singapore. The map was prepared by the Japanese Imperial Military Intelligence Department with a detailed plan of Japan's proposed conquest of the Far East and the Hawaiian Islands. The map covers East Asia and the Pacific from Burma to Hawaii and from Kamchatka to the Celebs. Arrows indicate Japanese attack plans, with shading indicating enemy armies. The document itself is undated but refers to publications issued as late as 1932. Another example, which was sent to the Library of Congress (LC), bears a manuscript note that it was sent there by the Kuo Min Tang on May 13, 1933. The layout of the text on the verso suggests that the map was intended to accompany some sort of bound volume, possibly a later edition of the Tanaka Memorial, an English version of which was also published by the San Francisco Chinese National Salvation Publicity Bureau. The present map, like the LC example, exhibits a fold metric, and there is no evidence that it was ever bound. This map is closely related to the Tanaka Memorial, which it references on the verso. The Memorial is a supposed secret document discovered by KMT intelligence in 1927. Although no one has ever seen the original document, it is said to be a 13,000-word petition presented by Prime Minister Baron Tanaka Giichi to Emperor Hirohito on July 25, 1927, outlining a program of expansion extending Japanese power into Manchuria, China, and Mongolia, thus setting the stage for eventual world conquest. The document is controversial, and some claim it is a hoax. When the KMT initially began circulating it in Asia, America, and Europe, Japan was quick to deny it. The publisher was a propaganda arm of the Kuomintang that operated both in China and through various subsidiaries abroad. Only one other example of this map is known".--Edited description provided by Geographicus Rare Antique Maps.
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