A Detail-Packed Mid-19th-Century Map of World Religious Belief. By Rebecca Onion. June 09, 2014 2:53 PM. Copy Link Share Share Comment Copy Link Share Share Comment ...

This woodblock print map of Japan’s Mt. Fuji, which can be folded to represent the mountain’s iconic conical shape, was produced by an unknown publisher sometime around 1848. Writing about the ...

A scholar recently unveiled maps of a government-approved Japanese textbook which show that Japan did not perceive Dokdo as its territory in the 19th century. The findings will give weight to ...

The show gets underway with revised continuations of the traditions of Chinese literati, also known as Southern School of Chinese painting, in the works of the mid-19th century Shanghai School, a ...

As Harvard's John Overholt put it, the map-in-the-hand is basically "a 19th century PalmPilot." Alas -- for both ladies of London and for fans of quirky tech -- "as far as we know, ...

The show gets underway with revised continuations of the traditions of Chinese literati, also known as Southern School of Chinese painting, in the works of the mid-19th century Shanghai School, a ...