HARADA (Toyokichi).

Geological Survey of Japan. Reconnaissance map, Geology Division 2.

According to Original Surveys and Designs of Large folding colour lithograph folding map, backed on cloth. Measuring 82x125cm. Overall in very good condition. Tokyo, Toyodo Engraving Office, 1887.

£750.00

Harada Toyokichi (1860-1894) lived in Germany from the age of 14. Having studied in Freiburg, Heidelberg and Munich, he returned to Japan in ? to become Professor of Geology at Tokyo Imperial University. Later he became director of the geological bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, and played the key role in developing a geological theory for Japan based on Pumpelly’s Sinian system.

Only one copy in OCLC (National Diet Library).

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248107