Mamiya's Maps: A Samurai Explores Sakhalin

by Sean Michael Wilson

Book Overview

Award winning team of Sean Michael Wilson and Akiko Shimojima have ventured into new territory in this, their ninth book together, on the explorer Mamiya Rinzo (間宮 林蔵) who mapped Sakhalin Island in the early years of the 19th century.

"Mamiya's Maps" is about exploration, culture clash, the making of maps and how they are related to politics. It's also anthropological in its look at the Ainu and Nivkh people of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9916413088
• ISBN13: 9789916413081
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Eostre Publications
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"