Overview
- Analyzes the drawing data and methods of the ancient Chinese city maps
- Concludes that the drawing content of the ancient Chinese city maps
- Proves that the drawing data and distance data of the political maps
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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.
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
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.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: "Nonscientific” Traditional Maps of China
Book Subtitle: A Study of Traditional Chinese Mapmaking
Authors: Yinong Cheng
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1219-1
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Social Sciences Academic Press 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-1218-4Published: 24 August 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-1221-4Published: 25 August 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-1219-1Published: 23 August 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 274
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of China, Human Geography, Geography, general, Asian Culture