Translations from the Chinese World Map of Father Ricci
Title | Translations from the Chinese World Map of Father Ricci PDF eBook |
Author | Lionel Giles |
Publisher | |
Pages | 19 |
Release | 1918 |
Genre | Early maps |
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Father Matteo Ricci's Chinese World-maps, 1584-1608
Title | Father Matteo Ricci's Chinese World-maps, 1584-1608 PDF eBook |
Author | John Frederick Baddeley |
Publisher | |
Pages | 23 |
Release | 1917 |
Genre | China |
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The Geographical Journal
Title | The Geographical Journal PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 992 |
Release | 1918 |
Genre | Geography |
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Qing Colonial Enterprise
Title | Qing Colonial Enterprise PDF eBook |
Author | Laura Hostetler |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 300 |
Release | 2005-12-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780226354217 |
In Qing Colonial Enterprise, Laura Hostetler shows how Qing China (1636-1911) used cartography and ethnography to pursue its imperial ambitions. She argues that far from being on the periphery of developments in the early modern period, Qing China both participated in and helped shape the new emphasis on empirical scientific knowledge that was simultaneously transforming Europe—and its colonial empires—at the time. Although mapping in China is almost as old as Chinese civilization itself, the Qing insistence on accurate, to-scale maps of their territory was a new response to the difficulties of administering a vast and growing empire. Likewise, direct observation became increasingly important to Qing ethnographic writings, such as the illustrated manuscripts known as "Miao albums" (from which twenty color paintings are reproduced in this book). These were intended to educate Qing officials about various non-Han peoples so that they could govern these groups more effectively.Hostetler's groundbreaking account will interest anyone studying the history of the early modern period and colonialism.
Recent Discoveries and New Studies (1938-1960) on the World Map in Chinese of Father Matteo Ricci, S.J.
Title | Recent Discoveries and New Studies (1938-1960) on the World Map in Chinese of Father Matteo Ricci, S.J. PDF eBook |
Author | Pasquale Maria D'Elia (s.j.) |
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Pages | 83 |
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The Mysteries of the Marco Polo Maps
Title | The Mysteries of the Marco Polo Maps PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin B. Olshin |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 197 |
Release | 2014-10-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 022614996X |
What’s the truth behind the travels of Marco Polo? “A fascinating tale about maps, history and exploration.”—Times Literary Supplement (UK) In the thirteenth century, Italian merchant and explorer Marco Polo traveled from Venice to the far reaches of Asia, a journey he chronicled in a narrative titled Il Milione, later known as The Travels of Marco Polo. While Polo’s writings would go on to inspire the likes of Christopher Columbus, scholars have long debated their veracity. Some have argued that Polo never even reached China—while others believe that he came as far as the Americas. Now, there’s new evidence for this historical puzzle: a very curious collection of fourteen little-known maps and related documents said to have belonged to the family of Marco Polo himself. Here, historian of cartography Benjamin B. Olshin offers the first credible book-length analysis of these artifacts, charting their course from obscure origins in the private collection of Italian-American immigrant Marcian Rossi in the 1930s; to investigations of their authenticity by the Library of Congress, J. Edgar Hoover, and the FBI; to the work of the late cartographic scholar Leo Bagrow; to Olshin’s own efforts to track down and study the Rossi maps, all but one of which are in the possession of Rossi’s great-grandson. Are the maps forgeries, facsimiles, or modernized copies? Did Marco Polo’s daughters—whose names appear on several of the artifacts—preserve in them geographic information about Asia first recorded by their father? Or did they inherit maps created by him? Did Marco Polo entrust the maps to an admiral with links to Rossi’s family line? Or, if the maps have no connection to Marco Polo, who made them, when, and why? Regardless of the maps’ provenance, this tale takes us on a fascinating journey, offering insights into Italian history, the age of exploration, and the wonders of cartography. “Olshin’s book tugs powerfully at the imagination of anybody interested in the Polo story, medieval history, old maps, geographical ideas, European voyages of discovery, and early Chinese legends.”—The Wall Street Journal
Annual Magazine Subject-index
Title | Annual Magazine Subject-index PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 1920 |
Genre | Drama |
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