Companions in geography East-West collaboration in the mapping of Qing China (c.1685-1735)
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 amon...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Leiden, Boston
Brill
2017
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| Schriftenreihe: | East and West
volume 1 |
| Schlagworte: |
Jesuits
> Missions
> Cartography
> History
> China
> Kartografie
> Geschichte 1685-1735
> Jesuiten
> Mission
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | 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 |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XIII, 280 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten |
| ISBN: | 9789004345355 978-90-04-34535-5 |