1972 Map Okinawa henkan kinenzu = Map of Japan. - Size: 16x24 - Ready to Frame - Japan | Okinawa Isl

Summary: Notes: Oriented with north towards upper right. "In commemoration of the return by the United States to Japan of Administrative Rights over the Ry?ky? Islands and the Dait? Islands, May 15, 1972." "Copy 52 of 100." Copy includes notes from donor: "In November 1969 President Nixon announced that the United States and Japan had agreed in principle for the return of the Ryukyu Islands to Japan. There were prolonged negotiations before signing of an agreement in June 1971. At the end of negotiations, as a souvenir, a map of Japan and the Ryukyu Islands was prepared and copies given to all persons who had participated in the negotiations"--Notes from donor." Includes inset of Okinawa. Gift; Peter Lande; 2010 xg19 2010-08-30 added parallel title Created / Published: Japan : s.n., 1972