What led to the find was highly precise 3D map data published by Hyogo Prefecture ... period (1467-1615), the site is thought to date back to the 14th century Nanbokucho period (1336-1392 ...

Alex Clausen is a map dealer. And although that designation ... The chart is the only complete 14th century portolan known to exist outside Europe. Although not the oldest portolan in existence ...

constructed in the 17th century near Kyoto — it famously emerged intact from the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake, also known as the Kobe quake, while many nearby buildings collapsed. Japan’s ...

So it had been for a century and a half — actually far longer ... From the death struggle that followed, the Minamoto clan emerged supreme. Japan was reborn, a land now of warriors and war ...