Q.32 Think of an important person from your country's history. Find out about her or him. Write about her or his life.Tadataka Inou. He was a man who made very exact map of Japan. He was born in 1745. He worked at sake brewing about 30 years. When he was 50 years old, he had started to survey the shape of Japan. He was very interested in astronomy. He was very good at astronomy.
He surveyed the shape of Japan by his foot. It was very very difficulty work. At last, he walked about 40000 km. It was as long as about circumference of the earth.
He finished surveying the shape of Japan in 1815. Then he started to make a map from his surveyed data. He died in 1818.His companion completed the map in 1821. The map was very very exact. It is really surprize that the map made by him was a little difference by satellite photograph.
I think he was an important person of our country.
Yuji,
ReplyDeleteWere maps allowed in the past in Japan? I am guessing the old military warlords & Emperors would want to control that kind of strategic information.
Interesting post, thank you.
Jim