Arid Region of the US, showing Drainage Districts, 1890 - John Powell thought these drainage regions should be the principal unit of government in the West and proposed organizing them as commonwealths. This would create “a homogeneous body of people, a people having one common interest” [3213x4271]
This map of Hokkaido was smuggled out of Japan by a German doctor during the Edo period –Japan prohibited foreign travel and trade and traffic with almost all countries at the time– The official who gave him the maps was executed and more than 50 people were punished for the incident [OS][1024x1792]
