A few of the more striking sketches from the North America volume of an early Meiji survey of world geography:

1) A mining scene in California
2) The towering trees of California

I have an entire thread on Japanese perceptions of California redwoods here:

https://twitter.com/dfedman/status/1273304266879365121
3) Herding buffalo on the plains
4) Virginia's Natural Bridge
5) Niagara Falls
6) Scenes from the northern extremes
6) Scenes from the northern extremes
6) Scenes from the northern extremes
The entire treatise, organized by continent, is available here:

https://archive.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kosho/ru02/ru02_03306/
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