“The essays are academic articles intended for academic use by university professors, researchers, or students. That said, for those academicians with an interest in Eastern and Western cartographic history, this book is an invaluable resource.” (Jasmin Khangura, Cartographic Perspectives, November 19, 2019)
Mapping Asia: Cartographic Encounters Between East and West
Regional Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography, 2017
herausgegeben von Martijn Storms, Mario Cams, Imre Josef Demhardt und Ferjan OrmelingThis 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.
