Guangdong / Canton & Hong Kong // Hankou & Nanchang—King / Kōdansha 1938 map

1 March 1938 (昭和十三年三月一日發行); printing/deposit dated 3 February 1938 (昭和十三年二月三日印刷納本)

大日本雄辯會講談社 Dai Nippon Yūbenkai Kōdansha, Tokyo, publishing house

キング 第十四巻第三號附錄 [Supplement to King, vol. 14, no. 3], March 1938. Tokyo: 大日本雄辯會講談社 (Dai Nippon Yūbenkai Kōdansha); printed by 大日本印刷株式會社 (Dai Nippon Printing Co.). Printed/deposited 3 February 1938; issued 1 March 1938, both explicitly dated Shōwa 13 in the right margin. The separate 20 November 1924 date concerns the periodical's third-class postal registration. One double-sided folding sheet. Front: 廣東香港明細地圖 [Detailed Map of Guangdong and Hong Kong], 1:820,000, with insets 廣東 [Canton/Guangzhou] and 香港 [Hong Kong], each 1:100,000, and 汕頭附近 [Swatow/Shantou and environs], with a 0–30 km / 0–8 ri bar scale, no numerical ratio stated. Reverse: 漢口南昌明細地圖 [Detailed Map of Hankou and Nanchang], 1:1,500,000. Its marginal notice directs readers to companion King map supplements issued in January, October and December 1937 and January 1938. Marked 不許複製 [reproduction prohibited] and 版權所有 [copyright reserved]. Exact-edition institutional reference: National Museum of Taiwan History, accession 2011.012.0362.

Fair-to-Good: Worn folds. Small fold-junction loss; a short split also crosses the upper border. Toning. Please note any other blemishes on the scan prior to purchasing this picture. This is a folding map. The sheet is printed on both sides. Reverse printed map: 漢口南昌明細地圖 [Detailed Map of Hankou and Nanchang], explicitly 1:1,500,000, covering the middle Yangtze region, including Hankou, Wuchang and Hanyang (Wuhan), Nanchang and Poyang Lake

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