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réf. 39035601 — China 1902 n.p. Red cloth spine over board folding case large color folding map sheet:106.5 x 143.8 cm.map: 97.5 x 139.5 cm.very clean a few minor old mends on the backelse a very clean firm & solid example. EXCEPTIONALLY RARE . . . A GRAND DELUXE WALL MAP OF CHINA . . . BEIJING NANJING SHANGHAI HONG KONG MACAO HAINAN . . . INCLUDING JAPAN KOREA TAIWAN HAINAN VIETNAM & CAMBODIA . . . ORIGINALLY DRAWN BY DR. SUN YAT-SEN . . . DURING HIS EXILE IN JAPAN 1899 . This is a grand size spectacular Deluxe & RARE early color wall map showing all of China and surrounding nations. With a key to the symbols and the longitude and latitudes in degrees. SUN Wen Yixian a cartographer executed this edit on of the original manuscript and had it printed. There is no place or publisher cited. . The map is neatly folded down to ca. 19 x 27.5 cm. and contained in the seldom-found RARE original folding case. This case has a red cloth spine with blue sun faded boards with a cotton ribbon tie It has the original emerald-green end papers as issued. . Attributed to: DR. SUN YAT-SEN 1866-1925: He was a Chinese statesman physician and political philosopher who served as the first provisional president of the Republic of China and the first leader of the Kuomintang Nationalist Party of China. He is called the "Father of the Nation" in the Republic of China and the "Forerunner of the Revolution" in the People's Republic of China for his instrumental role in the overthrow of the Qing dynasty during the Xinhai Revolution. Sun is unique among 20th-century Chinese leaders for being widely revered in both Mainland China and Taiwan. See below Wikipedia article for comprehensive details. . Per the article found at the below reference they stated: . "This "Map of the Current Situation of China" was specially printed by the Toho Association of Japan in 1902 Meiji 35. . This picture was carefully drawn by Dr. Sun Yat-sen during his exile in Japan in the winter of 1899 Jihai. . This is a close match to our map which has no cartographer nor publisher's name therefore we do attribute this map to the reference link below. Please see below quoted article in the translated into English. . Printed in Guang Xu 28 year 1902. . With introduction by Master Wang Songtang. . The focus and reason of this map was to focus attention to the dire and "Current Situation In China." What this means is that the extreme political complications resulting from: Boxer Rebellion First Sino-Japanese War & both of which put China into massive chaos. This map shows where the results of Japanese military fought with National forces in 1899-1902 period. . Color photos are posted to our website. . CONDITION: . THE MAP: This map is very clean & solid there are a few old minor fold mends by and large a superb example of a very RARE and early color wall map. Seldom found even RARER in the original folding case with title slip. . Seldom found if at all clean and attractive beyond expectations. . THE FOLDING CASE: Contained in the original case with the original red title slip fully intact There is a red cloth spine over blue boards. The front covers are faded at the left & bottom edges the back cover's about 2/3 faded with the original ribbon cord holding the map inside of the case. . The original emerald green internal end papers inside the folding case are bright and intact. . There is some of the usual minor rubbing to the cover edges upper corners with the usual rubbing to spine head/tail cloth. All things considered far & above the average example. . REFERENCE; . A similar map is found in the MUSEUM OF DR. SUN YAT-SUN collection: sunyat-sen-org/index.phpm=content&c=index&a=show&catid=46&i d=6887 . Per the second link below where a similar map is found in the MUSEUM OF DR. SUN YAT-SUN collection: sunyat-sen-org/index.phpm=content&c=index&a=show&catid=46&i d=6887 . the first paragraph reads: "Map of China's Current Situation" Text Explanation Written time: July 14 1900 Originally published: According to Sun Wenyixian's compilation and drawing: "Map of China's Current Situation" Tokyo Toho Association issued on July 14 1900 Tokyo Toyo Bunko Collection" . It continues: "Map of China's Current Situation" is a square color printed map with a scale of 1/2.95 million. The text attached to the picture includes the eight tables of "Fanli" and Zhiyan in the lower left corner and "China's national power in one spot" in the lower right corner. On the left side of the picture title on the top there is also Sun Yat-sen's handwritten notes on the current situation of road construction in China. The content seems to be written in 1904 or 1905. Due to the large area of the map about 73 square centimeters if the plate is reduced the place names in the map will not be recognizable so this book does not include the figure and its legend and other texts are included." . en-wikipedia-org/wiki/Sun_Yat-sen taiwantoday.tw/news.phpunit=4&post=6275 . unknown