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Tokyo 1931, N.Y.K. Half leather spine over red cloth, very good, 774p.,index,end paper maps,225 color, 230 b.w. photos, thumb index guides, usual wear to spine hinges still solid, contents pristine, copious resource.* FIRST & ONLY EDITION * . *** **** *** . . A STUNNINGLY COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE ON EVERY COUNTRY . . . IN S.E. ASIA & THE FAR EAST . . * This reference covers all of the ports of call for human and material cargo for N.Y.Y. [Nippon Yusen Kaisha] shipping company. . It a superb description of Japan's colonies in 1931. One could easily say this book and its contents was the "Road Map" for Japan's eminent and soon to be additional colonies to be forced into their sphere of control with the launching of the Manchuria invasion and assault on the China mainland, followed up by military invasion of S.E. Asia and the Pacific islands including Australia & New Zealand. . The vast amount of natural resources found in these areas were surely the temptation for military action to take control of the resources, especially the oil in the Dutch colony of Indonesia, and the rubber plantations of S.E. Asia for their coming war effort. . *** . This excellent resource covers in great detail Japan, its principal production & industry, foreign trade, her great ports, Tokyo, Yokohama, Shimidzu, Hamamatsu, Yokkaichi, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, Shimonoseki, Moji, Sakito coal mines, Nagasaki, Miyagi, Matsushima, Hokkaido: Hakodate, Otaru, Sapporo, Kushiro & Obihiro. . *** Japan's colony of Taiwan: outline, products and industries, foreign trade, Keelung, Taihoku [Taipeh], Takao, other chief towns. . *** Her colony of Chosen [Korea]: outline, principal production & industry, foreign trade, Fusan, Keijo [Seoul], Jinsen Heijo, Chinnampo, Genzan, Kongosan or Diamond Mountains. . *** China: principal production & industries, outline, foreign trade, Kwantung government, South Manchuria Railway, Dairen, Newchwang, Antung, Mukden, Harbin, Tientsin, Peiping, Tsing- tao, Shanghai, Canton. Hong Kong: outline, city of Victoria, principal production and industries & foreign trade. . *** Philippines, outline, principal production and industry, foreign trade, Manila, seeing Luzon by rail & Baguio. . *** French-Indo China, Hanoi, Saigon, Siam, Straits Settlements, Java, Burma, Ceylon, British India. . *** The outline, foreign trade, production, copious product resource, the major ports of these countries, sightseeing, typical products, important cities & trade centers. Loaded with charts, tables, statistics & good data on each. Also covers Australia, Union of S. Africa, Egypt, Europe, America, Hawaiian Islands, S. America et al. With copious indices. . *** This is a highly useful reference on each place listed, giving the maximum data in a clear way, well organized, English text. Each annual issue is comprehensive & offers a current perspective on the various countries, their statistics, and background information. Perhaps one of the best, most useful and well-organized single references on the area during this period. Issued annually. . *** N.Y.K. [Nippon Yusen Kaisha] was Japan's premier shipping line. This work essentially was an effort to attract foreign tourists and shipping to the Japanese controlled colonies as well as to world shipping and travel. . *** A grand, copious reference and resource, covers in depth all of the countries N.Y.K. vessels visited. . With large number of statistics on each country, outline of the culture, country, people, and port. This excellent work covers the trading products, shipping, cargo service, between Japan & her new colonies, plus other Asian & S.E. Asian countries the shipping line visits: Okinawa, Taiwan, Chosen [Korea], Kwantung territory [Canton], Manchoukuo [Japan's Manchuria]. . China: Shanghai, North, Meng, Chiang & Central, Hong Kong, French Indo-China [Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos], the Straits Settlements [Including Malaya and Singapore], East Indies [Indonesia], Burma, Ceylon, British India, Australia &c. .
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