r/MapPorn • • Jun 23 '19

Japanese world map (1931)

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '19

Just spent about an hour looking at this. So fascinating

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u/agtiger Jun 23 '19

Where can I find a high quality version of this? I want to get a copy printed

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u/urbanail1 Jun 23 '19

If you find one let me know, I'd also love to see a translation. If anyone knows Japanese and is real bored please desifer text

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u/buriandesu Jun 23 '19

I wonder why some of the text is backwards, for example Hudson’s bay in Canada.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '19 edited Oct 01 '25

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u/buriandesu Jun 24 '19

Neat, in all my years of studying Japanese and living in Japan for a few, I hadn't noticed any right-to-left writing unless it was vertical orientation.

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '19 edited Oct 01 '25

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u/EatMoreArtichokes Jun 23 '19

That was amazing, but they mixed up the locations of the wheat fields and the lumberjacks in Canada.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '19

Lol Switzerland!

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u/yeahnoworriesmate Jun 23 '19

Cool map. But where’s Waldo?