East Asian map collection, [ca. 1626-1871).

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East Asian map collection, [ca. 1626-1871).

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Map of northern Korea, ca. 1720, with names of cities or domains and other geographical features, possibly a tax map, on Kozo paper; French map of the Chinese empire, Korea, and Japan, by M. Bonne, n.d.; large map of Japan by Kawakami Kan, 1871. Two-volume "Miscellaneous Maps, Charts, and Plans of China," collected by Charles W. Wason. Volume 1 has 39 maps, including world maps, maps of China and its provinces and cities, Korea, Japan, Cochin, Macao, and Formosa. Volume 2 (42 maps) includes maps of Chinese provinces, and Tibet. Map of The Kingdom of China newly augmented by I.S. 1626.

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Wason, Charles William, 1854-1918

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Electrical engineer. Charles W. Wason studied mechanical engineering at Cornell University from 1872-1876 and was involved in the Cornell Boat Club and Navy. After leaving Cornell in 1876 he became an electrical engineer and later became prominent in the railroad industry. He donated the Wason Chinese Library, a collection of 9,000 volumes, to Cornell when he died in 1918. From the description of Charles William Wason papers, 1870-1876. (Cornell University Li...

Kawakami, Kansetsu, 1930-

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