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There are Japanese kanjis because this version is a copy of the original map (look at the article for more details)

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[–] garfaagel 4 points 10 months ago

Cool map! I spent quite some time looking at the many details. Also interesting to see that the Chinese were so aware of world geography at the time, even if it was thanks to exchanges with Europeans.