Florin-Stefan Morar: Connected Cartographies, Gebunden
Connected Cartographies
- World Geography and the Sino-Western Translation of Knowledge, 1580-1842
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press, 11/2025
- Binding:
- Gebunden
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781009636032
- Item number:
- 12213008
- Volume:
- 285 Pages
- Release date:
- 30.11.2025
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
In the 'Age of Discovery', explorers brought a wealth of information about new and strange lands from across the oceans. Yet, even as the Americas appeared on new world maps, China remained a cartographic mystery. How was the puzzle of China's geography unravelled? Connected Cartographies demonstrates that knowledge about China was generated differently, not through exploration but through a fascinating bi-directional cross-cultural exchange of knowledge. Florin-Stefan Morar shows that interactions between Chinese and Western cartographic traditions led to the creation of a new genre of maps that incorporated features from both. This genre included works by renowned cartographers such as Abraham Ortelius and Matteo Ricci and other less-known works, 'black tulips of cartography,' hidden in special collections. Morar builds upon original sources in multiple languages from archives across three continents, producing a pioneering reconstruction of Sino-Western cartographic exchanges that shaped the modern world map and our shared global perspective.