This map is a political propaganda map created to illustrate the times during the Chinese revolution. A propaganda map is a map which is formed in order to influence others to believe a certain ideal or theory. This map, which was created in reference to The Chinese Revolution and war time, depicts each powerful country as a different type of animal. These animals describe how the creator of the map felt about each country whether the country was inferior or superior to the other countries around the depicted area of the world.
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It's a Japanese map during WWI
1. It called China 支那, which only used by Japanese, and considered very abusive by Chinese.
2. Japanese Katakana can be seen everywhere.
3. You can find it at Princeton University Digital Library: http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/vh53wv85g
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