Mapping Isabella Bird: Geolocation & Unbeaten Tracks in Japan (1880)Main MenuAboutMapping Isabella BirdIsabella Bird: A Brief BiographyWriting on the World StageIsabella's Bird's Writing Around the WorldTraveling to JapanIsabella Bird's 1878 Trip to Honshu and HokkaidoIllustrating the BookUnderstanding the intersections between Unbeaten Tracks in Japan (1880) and visual culture.Why Unbeaten Tracks?Biratori & Bird's Account of Ainu CultureThe Saru River Valley TodayCitation & ResourcesCiting this Website and Resources for More Information on Isabella Bird and the AinuChristina M. Spikere61b5e490351847c25b28288e317e5248c8241f0Christina M. Spiker
Interactive Map Collection
1media/Screen Shot 2018-02-12 at 11.17.12 AM.pngmedia/Screen Shot 2018-02-12 at 11.17.12 AM.png2018-02-12T16:29:34+00:00Christina M. Spikere61b5e490351847c25b28288e317e5248c8241f0128Several maps created from the content of Unbeaten Tracks in Japan (1878) to help visualize Isabella Bird's journey.plain2018-02-16T00:30:35+00:00Christina M. Spikere61b5e490351847c25b28288e317e5248c8241f0Below you can navigate to the various interactive maps created to track Isabella Bird's journey through Japan. Many of the interactive maps found on this site are powered by tabular data (spreadsheets) culled from historical texts freely available on Archive.org and HathiTrust Digital Library. These sources are in the public domain. This information is then visualized through various geospatial mapping applications, such as CARTO, ArcGIS, Mapbox, Leaflet, and StoryMapJS. Use them alongside your next read of Unbeaten Tracks in Japan (1880) or as a supplement to any academic article that examines Bird's journey to this region.
Contents of this path:
1media/Screen Shot 2018-02-12 at 11.17.12 AM.pngmedia/Screen Shot 2018-02-12 at 11.17.12 AM.png2018-02-07T20:10:09+00:00Christina M. Spikere61b5e490351847c25b28288e317e5248c8241f0Interactive Map - Isabella Bird in Japan32a CARTO map illustrating the entirety of Isabella Bird's journey in Japan according to her book Unbeaten Tracks in Japan (London: John Murray, 1880)plain2018-02-14T15:14:14+00:00Christina M. Spikere61b5e490351847c25b28288e317e5248c8241f0
1media/Screen Shot 2018-02-13 at 12.55.06 PM.pngmedia/Screen Shot 2018-02-13 at 12.55.06 PM.png2018-02-13T16:48:07+00:00Christina M. Spikere61b5e490351847c25b28288e317e5248c8241f0Interactive Map - Illustrations from Unbeaten Tracks in Japan12A GOOGLE map showing Isabella Bird's illustrations geocoded according to where they are mentioned in the original text.google_maps2018-02-13T19:12:37+00:00Christina M. Spikere61b5e490351847c25b28288e317e5248c8241f0
1media/Screen Shot 2018-02-12 at 11.07.42 AM.pngmedia/Screen Shot 2018-02-12 at 11.07.42 AM.png2018-02-12T16:18:54+00:00Christina M. Spikere61b5e490351847c25b28288e317e5248c8241f0Interactive Map - Yokohama to Niigata10a CARTO map illustrating the first part of Isabella Bird's journey in Volume 1 from her arrival in Yokohama to Niigata. She also takes a small detour to explore Nikko and the surrounding area.plain2018-02-13T01:51:37+00:00Christina M. Spikere61b5e490351847c25b28288e317e5248c8241f0
1media/Screen Shot 2018-02-12 at 11.08.14 AM.pngmedia/Screen Shot 2018-02-12 at 11.08.14 AM.png2018-02-12T16:25:52+00:00Christina M. Spikere61b5e490351847c25b28288e317e5248c8241f0Interactive Map - Niigata to Aomori11a CARTO map illustrating the second part of Isabella Bird's journey in Volume 1 from Niigata to Aomori.plain2018-02-13T01:51:26+00:00Christina M. Spikere61b5e490351847c25b28288e317e5248c8241f0
1media/Screen Shot 2018-02-12 at 10.49.29 AM.pngmedia/Screen Shot 2018-02-12 at 10.49.29 AM.png2018-02-12T16:01:07+00:00Christina M. Spikere61b5e490351847c25b28288e317e5248c8241f0Interactive Map - Hokkaido v.110a CARTO map illustrating Isabella Bird's trip to the island of Hokkaido in Volume 2. She begins in Hakodate and winds her way to the Ainu town of Biratori.plain2018-02-13T05:29:23+00:00Christina M. Spikere61b5e490351847c25b28288e317e5248c8241f0
1media/Screen Shot 2018-02-12 at 11.20.53 AM.pngmedia/Screen Shot 2018-02-12 at 11.20.53 AM.png2017-12-11T23:40:18+00:00Christina M. Spikere61b5e490351847c25b28288e317e5248c8241f0Interactive Map - Hokkaido v.218an ARCGIS map illustrating Isabella Bird's trip to the island of Hokkaido in Volume 2. She begins in Hakodate and winds her way to the Ainu town of Biratori. This map combines map pins with a linear route.plain2018-02-13T01:50:34+00:00Christina M. Spikere61b5e490351847c25b28288e317e5248c8241f0
1media/Screen Shot 2018-02-12 at 11.08.00 AM.pngmedia/Screen Shot 2018-02-12 at 11.08.00 AM.png2018-02-12T16:12:45+00:00Christina M. Spikere61b5e490351847c25b28288e317e5248c8241f0Interactive Map - Kansai7a CARTO map illustrating Isabella Bird's journey to the Kansai region in Volume 2. She loops around the region visiting sites like Kobe, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, and Ise.plain2018-02-13T01:52:23+00:00Christina M. Spikere61b5e490351847c25b28288e317e5248c8241f0
1media/Screen Shot 2018-02-12 at 11.19.31 AM.pngmedia/Screen Shot 2018-02-12 at 11.19.31 AM.png2018-02-12T15:27:35+00:00Christina M. Spikere61b5e490351847c25b28288e317e5248c8241f0Interactive Map - Comparison Between Isabella Bird, A.H. Savage Landor, Frederick Starr23an ARCGIS map comparing Isabella Bird's trip to the island of Hokkaido in Volume 2 of Unbeaten Tracks in Japan (1880) to the route taken by two later travelers, A.H. Savage Landor (1893) and Frederick Starr (1904).plain2018-02-13T01:59:05+00:00Christina M. Spikere61b5e490351847c25b28288e317e5248c8241f0