"Nonscientific” Traditional Maps of China - Yinong Cheng

"Nonscientific” Traditional Maps of China

A Study of Traditional Chinese Mapmaking

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Buch | Softcover
274 Seiten
2023 | 1st ed. 2022
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-19-1221-4 (ISBN)
117,69 inkl. MwSt
This book analyzes the drawing data and methods of the Chinese ancient maps that are neglected by the previous researches, and reevaluates the drawing theories and methods, the influences, and accuracy of the maps that represents the scientificity of Chinese ancient cartographic drawings.

Yinong Cheng is a  male born in 1974. He obtained his doctoral degree from the Department of History, Peking University in 2003. He is currently working in the School of History and Archives, Yunnan University. He is mainly engaged in the research of historical geography and ancient Chinese maps. He has published 5 monographs and more than 70 papers.

Chapter 1 - Introduction.- Chapter 2 - The revaluation of the “Six Basic Principles for Cartography” and “Jilihuafang”.- Chapter 3 - The cartographic methods and data sources of the national maps.- Chapter 4 - The cartographic history of city maps in ancient China.- Chapter 5 - The cartographic methods of other types of maps.- Chapter 6 - Straight-line distance or road distance?.- Chapter 7 - Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 3 Illustrations, black and white; VI, 274 p. 3 illus.
Verlagsort Singapore
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
Schlagworte Cartography • Chinese Ancient Maps • ‘Ji Li Hua Fang’(Grid And Scale) • Scientism • ‘Zhitu Liuti’(Six Methods Of The Cartography)
ISBN-10 981-19-1221-1 / 9811912211
ISBN-13 978-981-19-1221-4 / 9789811912214
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