| Mapping Asia: Cartographic Encounters Between East and West: Regional Symposium of the Ica Commission on the History of Cartography, 2017 2019 Edition Contributor(s): Storms, Martijn (Editor), Cams, Mario (Editor), Demhardt, Imre Josef (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3319904051 ISBN-13: 9783319904054 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $265.99 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography - History | Asia - China - History | Asia - Japan |
| Dewey: 910.285 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.35 lbs) 299 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese - Cultural Region - Japanese - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian - Cultural Region - Indian - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |