Mapping Asia: Cartographic Encounters Between East and West Regional Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography 2017 |
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| Editor:
| Storms, Martijn
Cams, Mario
Demhardt, Imre Josef
Ormeling, Ferjan |
| Series title: | Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-319-90405-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2018 |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing AG
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| Imprint: | Springer |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $219.99USD $279.99 |
Book Description:
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This proceedings book presents the first-ever cross-disciplinary analysis of 16th-20th century South, East, and Southeast Asian cartography. The central theme of the conference was the mutual influence of Western and Asian cartographic traditions, and the focus was on points of contact between Western and Asian cartographic history. Geographically, the topics were limited to South Asia, East Asia and Southeast Asia, with special attention to India, China, Japan, Korea and Indonesia....
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This proceedings book presents the first-ever cross-disciplinary analysis of 16th-20th century South, East, and Southeast Asian cartography. The central theme of the conference was the mutual influence of Western and Asian cartographic traditions, and the focus was on points of contact between Western and Asian cartographic history. Geographically, the topics were limited to South Asia, East Asia and Southeast Asia, with special attention to India, China, Japan, Korea and Indonesia. Topics addressed included Asia's place in the world, the Dutch East India Company, toponymy, Philipp Franz von Siebold, maritime cartography, missionary mapping and cadastral mapping.