1953 Map CHINA COAST KOREA TAIWAN Seoul Tokyo Hong Kong Macao Shanghai Beijing For Sale

Large,detailed fold-out map of the China coast and the Korean peninsula,printed more than 63 years ago.

• This map was published bythe NationalGeographic Society in October 1953 and opens to a very generous 41" x25".
• It is drawn on a scale of 1:3,500,000, or about 55 milesto oneinch, and is lithographed in full color on one side of a heavyweightpaper, blank on the back.
• War had erupted on the Korean peninsula in June 1950 whenarmies fromthe north invaded the south, and the fighting raged until the armisticewas signed just a few months before this map was printed.
• Almost half amillion South Koreans died as a result of the war, and an unknownnumber of North Koreans and Chinese. Tensions continue even up totoday.
• Among the named places and features on the map are Seoul,Pyongyang,Inchon, Kwangju, Hungnam, Cheju Do, Dairen, Kyushu, Osaka, Okinawa,Shanghai, Tsingtao, Tientsin, Peiping (Beijing), Nanking, Taegu, theJuly 27, 1953 Korean cease fire line, Nagasaki, Tokyo, Hiroshima, Formosa(Taiwan), Hong Kong, Macao, Luzon, Hainan, Hanoi, Haiphong, Canton, andmany more.
• Shown also are railways, roads, canals, airports, andnatural features.
• Condition: This map is in very good condition, bright and clean,with no marks, rips, ortears. It is blank on the back, with no printing on the reverse side.Please see the scans and feel free to ask any questions.
• Throughout its long history of drawingmaps, the National GeographicSociety has demonstrated its hallmark high-caliber workmanship, andthis map is a fine example of its skill and expertise.
• It was published as a supplement to the October 1953edition of NationalGeographic Magazine and is dated in the legend.
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