Handsome fold-out 1945 map of Japan and Korea, printed more than 75 years ago.

• This map was published just after the end of the Second World War — and barely five months after the dawn of the Atomic Age, with the bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.



• The map opens to a very generous 26" x 37" and was compiled and drawn in the cartographic section of the National Geographic Society, on a scale of 1:3,000,000, with great detail and many hundreds of place names.



• The map shows principal railroads, including dismantled lines, highways, canals, cities, towns, and natural features. Insets depict Okinawa, Formosa (Taiwan), the Ryukyu Islands, Karafuto, and the Kurils (Kuriles).



• A printed note states: "By the Cairo declaration of 1943, the United States, Great Britain, and China promised that in due course Korea (Chosen) shall become free and independent."



• A second note reads: "Manchuria, including the leased territory of Kwantung, is again under Chinese administration. Dairen becomes a free port and Port Arthur a Chinese-Russian naval base."



• Condition:  This map is in excellent condition, bright and clean, with no marks, rips, or tears. It is blank on the back, with no printing on the reverse side, and it folds to 6¾" x 8". Please see the scans and feel free to ask any questions.



• This is an original, authentic 1945 map, as published by the National Geographic Society as a supplement to the December 1945 edition of The National Geographic Magazine.



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