Asia Pacific, 08 Feb 1904: Attack on Port Arthur
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Political map of East Asia and the Western Pacific on 08 Feb 1904 (The Rise of Japan: Attack on Port Arthur), showing the following events: Dutch settle New Guinea frontier; Russia-China Convention; End of Philippine-American War; Pacification of Taiwan; British expedition to Tibet; Battle of Port Arthur.

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D u t c h E a s t I n d i e s(Neth.)

Japanese
Empire

Indian
Empire(Br. Raj)

Tibet(de facto)

A u s t r a l i a(Br. dom.)

Philippines(US terr.)

French
Indochina(Fr. prot.)

German
New Guinea(Ger. prot.)

Solomon Is.(Br.)

Hawaii(US terr.)

Malaya(Br. prot.)

Manchuria(Rus. occ.)

Nepal(Br. prot.)

Sarawak(Br. prot.)

Br. New
Guinea(Br. prot.)

Kuril Islands(Jap.)

Ryukyu Is.(Jap.)

N. Borneo(Br. prot.)

Brunei(Br. prot.)

P. Timor(Port.)

German
Samoa(Ger.)

Gilbert

Islands(Br. prot.)

Ellice Is.(Br.)

Phoenix Is.(uninh.)

Jaluit

Protectorate(Ger. prot.)

Mariana

Islands(Ger.)

C a r o l i n e I s l a n d s(Ger.)

Paracel Is.(disp.)

Spratly Is.(disp.)

Bonin Is.(Jap.)

Volcano Is.(Jap.)

International
Date Line

Feb 1902–Mar 1910Dutch establish posts
on New Guinea frontier

Apr 1902Russia agrees to withdraw from
Manchuria (but does not do so)

Apr 1902Last resisting Filipino
general surrenders

May–Jun 1902Japanese crush
resistance in Taiwan

Dec 1903–Aug 1904British invade Tibet

8–9 Feb 1904Japan attacks
Russian fleet
at Port Arthur

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