Mapping Asia: Cartographic Encounters Between East and West [electronic resource] : Regional Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography, 2017 / edited by Martijn Storms, Mario Cams, Imre Josef Demhardt, Ferjan Ormeling
Imprint
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019
X, 299 p. 88 illus., 77 illus. in color. online resource
SUMMARY
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
SUBJECT
Geographical information systems
China-History
Japan-History
Southeast Asia-History
Asia-History
Geographical Information Systems/Cartography. http://scigraph.springernature.com/things/product-market-codes/J13000
History of China. http://scigraph.springernature.com/things/product-market-codes/715010
History of Japan. http://scigraph.springernature.com/things/product-market-codes/715020
History of Southeast Asia. http://scigraph.springernature.com/things/product-market-codes/715050
History of South Asia. http://scigraph.springernature.com/things/product-market-codes/715040