Mapping Asia: Cartographic Encounters Between East and West : Regional Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography, 2017 / / edited by Martijn Storms, Mario Cams, Imre Josef Demhardt, Ferjan Ormeling

• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2019.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (303 pages)
• Disciplina: 526.095
• Soggetto topico: Geographic information systems; China - History; Japan - History; Southeast Asia - History; Asia - History; Geographical Information System; History of China; History of Japan; History of Southeast Asia; History of South Asia
• Persona (resp. second.): StormsMartijn; CamsMario; DemhardtImre Josef; OrmelingFerjan
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Mapping Asia: Cartographic Encounters Between East and West
• ISBN: 3-319-90406-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910337911703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Publications of the International Cartographic Association (ICA), . 2195-1713