Remaking the State: Meiji Japan 1600–1912 and Post-Soviet Russia 1964–2000 · THE MAP IN
Map of Japan in July 1859
Ports open; Russia takes the Amur
Japan in July 1859: Ports open; Russia takes the Amur. The map shows who held what: Independent neighbours, Western powers and allies, The shogun’s lands and allies.
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On the ground
- the treaty ports’ foreign settlements (dots), where foreigners lived under their own consuls’ law until 1899
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