A study about the world map compilation project investigation in the late Edo period consisting mainly of analysis of of the maps of northern borders and world maps in the Inagaki Collection.

为了全面了解稻垣藏书中的北方边界地图以及世界地图及其相关文献，对慈城图书馆藏书中的相关资料进行了调查、分类和分析。因此，(1)正在编制《稻垣藏品地图和地理资料暂定目录》的初步形式；(2)已为珍稀地图和地球仪等部分物品的数字化奠定了基础；(3)江户知识分子对地理信息积累过程的研究成果已通过阅读论文和出版公开。

In order to try to obtain the full picture of the maps of northern borders as well as world maps and their relevant literature in the Inagaki Collection, the relevant materials among that collection available in the Tsu City Library have been investigated, classified and analyzed. As a result, (1) a preliminary form of "the tentative catalogue of materials relating to maps and geography of the Inagaki Collection" is under compilation; (2) the groundwork for digitalizing a part of objects like rare maps and a globe has been laid; (3) the results of the studies on the accumulation process of geographical information by Edo intellectuals have been made public through reading papers as well as their publication.