Kyūshū 1:50,000. Series L772. [Bo, Sheet 4140_IV]
Title:
Kyūshū 1:50,000. Series L772. [Bo, Sheet 4140_IV]
Description:
Set includes various issues of sheets, some photolithographic reproductions of Japanese Imperial Land Survey maps with transliterated names overprinted, some compiled by Army Map Service. 1st ed. numbered 1-162 | later issues numbered according to the system designed by Army Map Service for the Japanese Empire. | Relief shown by contours, hachures, landform drawings, and spot heights. Depths shown by isolines, landform drawings, and soundings. | Military grid. | Contour interval 20 meters, with auxiliary contours at 10 and 5 meters. | Various types of roads, railroads, internal boundaries, communication facilities, land forms, areas of cultivation, etc., are shown in detail. | Co-ordinated for use with the following sets covering adjoining areas: Southern Honshu 1:50,000 (A.M.S. L775) and Ryukyu-retto 1:50,000 (A.M.S. L791). | All place names are transcribed according to the modified Hepburn (Romaji) system. | Index to place names on these maps issued by Army Map Service under title: Gazetteer to maps of Kyūshū. | Sheets include glossary, coverage diagram, index to boundaries, and index to adjoining sheets. | Topographic map series.
Creator/Contributor:
United States. Army Map Service, (cartograher)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1943
Owning Repository:
Perry-Castañeda Library Maps, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin