X user @Msamlam shares this map owned by the National Library of Australia. It dates back to 1932, when Japan felt quite confident of its ability to be a major power in the world and the dominant power in eastern Asia. The illustrators depict in detail stereotypes of the peoples of the world.
The image of the United States includes a reference to the 1932 Summer Olympics, where Japan did quite well in swimming events.
Japan is surrounded by its fleets, which are within a short distance of Hawaii marked with an aircraft carrier and a bare-breasted native woman.
Leading politicians appear in Western Europe, including French Prime Minister Pierre Laval, whose later collaboration with the Germans brought him to a firing squad. Paul von Hindenberg struggles with Adolf Hitler while UK Prime Minister Ramsey MacDonald looks on.
The entire map is worth exploring and considering as an artifact of a long-departed prewar Japanese perspective.
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