Remaking the State: Meiji Japan 1600–1912 and Post-Soviet Russia 1964–2000 · THE MAP IN NOV 1895

Map of Japan in November 1895

Taiwan taken; Liaodong handed back

Japan in November 1895: Taiwan taken; Liaodong handed back. Since February 1889, 2 territories changed status on this map: Taiwan (Qing to 1895, then Japanese) and Laos (French from 1893).

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Map of Japan in November 1895: Taiwan taken; Liaodong handed back. Colours show Western powers and allies, Independent neighbours, Meiji Japan and its empire. — NOV 1895 · REMAKING THE STATE: MEIJI JAPAN 1600–1912 AND POST-SOVIET RUSSIA 1964–2000

These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Cliopatria v0.2.1 dated political boundaries · Atlas chapter bibliography and event-specific source record · Joint Japanese–Russian compendium of territorial treaties, 1855–1905 · Natural Earth v5.1.2 complete geographic reference · Natural Earth v5.1.2 disputed-area references · The World and Japan database: official historical treaties

Source details

Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. CC BY 4.0
Maps of History, citing the scholarly bibliography in SOURCES.md. Historical factual reference; no copyrighted prose reproduced
Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Japan and the Russian Federation. Official historical treaty facts
Natural Earth contributors. Public domain
Natural Earth contributors. Public domain
GRIPS / University of Tokyo. Historical official treaty facts; no translated prose copied

Domains in earlier years use the published c.1862 village reconstruction, the nearest available source. Tenryo and rebellion overlays are explicitly regional locators and do not claim cadastral or uniform held territory.

proxy: 1855 treaty extent; Natural Earth 5.1.2 coastline · proxy: 1875 treaty extent; Natural Earth 5.1.2 coastline · reconstruction: 1895 · reconstruction: Chapter route completion/event date · reconstruction: Existing treaty/event date · vector: 1895–1897 · vector: 1895–1904

Layer records and reconstruction methods

What changes on the map

Taiwan (Qing to 1895, then Japanese)	Independent neighbours → Meiji Japan and its empire
Laos (French from 1893)	Independent neighbours → Western powers and allies

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