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Notes from central Taiwan: Some ‘damn foolish thing’ in the Senkakus The Senkaku issue illuminates important cleavages between the KMT and DPP in their approaches to Washington and Tokyo By Michael Turton / Contributing reporter Otto von Bismarck once famously remarked that the “great European war will come out of some damn foolish thing in the Balkans.” We may have inched closer to that damn foolish thing in recent weeks. On Feb. 1, a new law came into effect in China, which codified Beijing’s claim that its well-armed Coast Guard could remove vessels in its waters “illegally�...

Adirondack-fox-1898 $950.00 Title Map of the Adirondack Forest and Adjoining Territory Compiled from Official Maps and Field Notes on file in the State Departments at Albany, N.Y.   1898 (dated)         1 : 127000 Description An uncommon large scale 1898 William Fox map of the Adirondack mountains of New York. The map covers the entire Adirondack Mountain region, extending from Saratoga to Plattsburg, and from Lewis County to Lake George and Lake Champlain. The map was made on behalf of the State Fisheries, game Commission for administrative purposes. The boundaries of the Adiro...

SanFrancisco-bancroft-1891 $2,200.00 Title Bancroft's Official Guide Map of City and County of San Francisco, Compiled from Official Maps in Surveyor's Office.   1891 (dated)         1 : 30000 Description A stunning 1891 example of Bancroft's important city plan or map of San Francisco, California. This map covers the northern top of the San Francisco Peninsula from the Pacific Ocean to San Francisco Bay and as far south as Rancho Canada de Guadeloupe. Bancroft employs shading to distinguish between developed and undeveloped lots. At bottom there is a numerical key wherein some ...