Description
Printed book
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Title
- Japanese Illustrated Guide Book for Travelers Around The World
Contributors
- Awoki, T. (Author)
- Susuka, J. (Author)
- Osaka Bookselling: Awoki Szandow (Publisher)
Date Created
The date the item was original created (prior to any relationship with the ASU Digital Repositories.)
1886
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Identifier
- Identifier TypeLocally defined identifierIdentifier ValueThe Melikian Collection L2011.080.111
Note
- Size: 3 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.
- Modeled after the Baedeker travel guides of the same era, this volume includes English titles for all illustrations. This volume has 164 pages with many illustrations, including the rare double page “Whale Fishing” print, “Natives Hunting the Walrus,” “Native Kill the Great Bear with any Deception,” “Esquimau (Eskimo) Building House of the Ice,” “View of Esquimau Village,” and “Mahometanism Church” (Mosque). This book is unusual in that it covers the arctic region in great detail. Researcher: Brittany Corrales
