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

Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Volume: 113
Issue: 4
Pages: 829-840

URI: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/722360

DOI: 10.1086/722360

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Knowledge management Measurement Navigation Visual representation; visual communication Cartography Longitude and latitude Maps; atlases Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912) China

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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