Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XIII, 280 Seiten) :
,
Illustrationen, Karten.
ISBN:
978-90-04-34536-2
Series Statement:
East and west Volume 1
Content:
In 'Companions in Geography' Mario Cams revisits the early 18th century mapping of Qing China, without doubt one of the largest cartographic endeavours of the early modern world. Commonly seen as a Jesuit initiative, the project appears here as the result of a convergence of interests among the French Academy of Sciences, the Jesuit order, and the Kangxi emperor (r. 1661-1722). These connections inspired the gradual integration of European and East Asian scientific practices and led to a period of intense land surveying, executed by large teams of Qing officials and European missionaries. The resulting maps and atlases, all widely circulated across Eurasia, remained the most authoritative cartographic representations of continental East Asia for over a century
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-90-04-34535-5
Language:
English
Subjects:
Geography
,
Theology
Keywords:
Kartografie
DOI:
10.1163/9789004345362
