Article ID: CBB503352047

The Art of Compromise: New Maps in Local Gazetteers of the Late Qing Dynasty (2022)

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In the late Qing dynasty (1644–1911), local gazetteer maps helped to disseminate the innovations of longitude and latitude used in Western cartography. The use of longitude and latitude lines alongside the traditional Chinese cartographic method of “grid scales” suggests that mapmakers chose an ingenious compromise to accommodate new knowledge alongside traditional practices.

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Article Shellen X. Wu (2022) Introduction: Redrawing the Map of Science in Modern China. Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 797-804). unapi

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Article Shellen X. Wu (2022) Using LoGart to Uncover a New Spatiality of Science in China. Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 805-815). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Grijs, Richard de
Shcheglov, Dmitry A.
Xue Zhang
Eijk, Juul
Stephen Whiteman
Spallek, Waldemar
Concepts
Cartography
Maps; atlases
Longitude and latitude
Geography
Navigation
Sea travel
Time Periods
18th century
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
17th century
19th century
Modern
Renaissance
Places
China
Europe
Québec (Canada)
United States
Scandinavia; Nordic countries
Poland
Institutions
Académie Royale des Sciences (France)
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
National Maritime Museum (Great Britain)
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