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Archive for the Asian History Category (20 Posts)

Map of Krakatau and surrounding islands

The Unmaking of an Island

Posted by: Amelia Raines

Posted in: 19th century cartography, Asian History, Oceania

Image 2 of from the map of the road to Kyoto.

The Road to Kyoto

Posted by: Cynthia Smith

Posted in: 17th century cartography, Asian History, Biography, City Histories, Manuscripts

Illustrated and illuminated map of the northern Indian Ocean showing ships, islands, wildlife, cities, and people

Winds of (Ex)Change in the Indian Ocean

Posted by: Amelia Raines

Posted in: 16th century cartography, 17th century cartography, 19th century cartography, African History, Asian History, Exploration

Hand-drawn and beautifully colored map of Sicily with South towards the top.

Al-Idrisi’s Masterpiece of Medieval Geography

Posted by: Carissa Pastuch

Posted in: Asian History, European History

A stick chart of the Marshall Islands.

The Unique Seafaring Charts of the Marshall Islands

Posted by: Cynthia Smith

Posted in: Asian History, Exploration, Oceania

This map shows the city of Harbin with illustrations and text.

Manchoukuo: Come for the Prosperity, Stay for the Harmony

Posted by: Mike Klein

Posted in: 20th century cartography, Asian History, Military History

[The road, near Passanaur, Groussie, (i.e., Georgia), Russia, taken between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900].   Detroit Publishing Company Archives, Prints and Photographs Division

A Unique View of the Georgian Military Road

Posted by: Mike Klein

Posted in: Asian History, European History

In 1896 Russia obtained from China an eighty-year concession to construct and operate the Chinese Eastern Railway Company.  The railway became an all-out Russian colonial enterprise in Manchuria, with capital, personnel, and railway management all under the control of the chief proponent of the enterprise, Sergei Witte, Russian Minister of Finance.   This Russian map was published in 1901 by its Ministry of Finance, and shows both the Chinese Eastern Railway and the South Manchurian Railway.  The inset in the lower right corner depicts the Kwantung (Liaodung) Peninsula, and the lines to Port Arthur and Dalian.

A Place for Drying Fish Nets

Posted by: Mike Klein

Posted in: Asian History

This map of Birobidzhan accompanied Professor Boris L. Bruk's 1929 report titled Birobidzhan s geograficheskoi kartoi raiona i 7 fotografiiami, and is the earliest printed map of the region.

Go East, Young Jew, Go East

Posted by: Mike Klein

Posted in: Asian History