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

£750 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

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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