| Status | 已發表Published |
| Title | Companions in Geography: Maps, Instruments and the Mapping of Qing China (ca. 1685-1735) |
| Author | Mario, C.
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| Date Issued | 2015-10-02 |
| Keyword | Qing Cartography Jesuit missions history of cartography Eat-West interaction |
| Abstract | This dissertation takes a fresh approach to the study of the exchange in scientific knowledge between Europe and continental East Asia in the 17th and 18th centuries, with a particular interest in cartographic practice. The mapping of territories controlled by the Qing, initiated at the behest of the Kangxi emperor (r.1661-1722) and executed by teams of surveyors consisting of Qing officials and European missionaries, sets the stage and forms the backbone of this study. This unprecedented mapping project, the largest the world had ever seen at the time, is revisited in three major steps. First, I illustrate how a new Qing cartographic practice was established, the direct result of a converging of interests between the Kangxi emperor, the Jesuit order and the French Académie des sciences. Next, the unique and collaborative character of the mapping project is emphasized, with attention to the wide variety of individuals and institutions involved in the land surveys that took place between 1708 and 1718. In a last step, I explore the subsequent circulation of printed maps and atlases, shaped by individual connections and spanning the entire Eurasian continent. In all, I aim to reach a deeper understanding of how the circulation of cartographic knowledge and practices occurred betwee |
| Language | 英語English |
| PUB ID | 19316 |
| Document Type | Thesis |
| Collection | DEPARTMENT OF MACAO LEGAL STUDIES |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Mario, C.. Companions in Geography: Maps, Instruments and the Mapping of Qing China (ca. 1685-1735)[D], 2015. |
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