Hello,
I'm a longtime lurker on this forum. My collecting interest lies more on the firearms side of Japanese collectables.
A few months ago, I purchased at an estate sale, four Japanese Naval navigational items that I have been wondering if they have any identifying connection to each other. Any help at all with basic translation would be very much appreciated.
I will attempt to list each one separately to avoid confusion.
First what looks to be a Japanese Celestial Globe. I have never seen another one of these and don't know how common they might be?
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I'm a longtime lurker on this forum. My collecting interest lies more on the firearms side of Japanese collectables.
A few months ago, I purchased at an estate sale, four Japanese Naval navigational items that I have been wondering if they have any identifying connection to each other. Any help at all with basic translation would be very much appreciated.
I will attempt to list each one separately to avoid confusion.
First what looks to be a Japanese Celestial Globe. I have never seen another one of these and don't know how common they might be?
[IMG]
[/IMG][IMG]<a href="http://s1310.photobucket.com/user/jangles888/media/Naval%20Navigation%20Items/DSCF0077_zpslzhnthb8.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1310.photobucket.com/albums/s643/jangles888/Naval%20Navigation%20Items/DSCF0077_zpslzhnthb8.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo DSCF0077_zpslzhnthb8.jpg"/></a>[/IMG]
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