Anonymous: Japanese Binoculars
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Cartographer:
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Anonymous
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Title:
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Japanese Binoculars
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Date:
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1900
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Published:
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Japan
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Width:
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25 inches / 64 cm
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Height:
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65 inches / 166 cm
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Map ref:
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GLOBE283
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Description:
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| These impressive early 20th-century Japanese marine binoculars were perhaps produced by Nippon Kōgaku Kōgyō Kabushikigaisha (Japan Optical Industries Co., Ltd.) which is now the Nikon Group. Brass-plated chrome on the eyeglasses and with engraved Japanese script on the focus. Standing upon a European surveyors tripod (branded TC & S). 65 inches tall. [GLOBE283] |