East Asian cartographic print culture : the late Ming publishing boom and its trans-regional connections / Alexander Akin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Akin, Alexander, author.

Series:

Global Chinese histories, 250-1650.

Global Chinese histories, 250-1650

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cartographic materials--China--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644--History.

Cartographic materials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white), digital PDF file(s).

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2021.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Alexander Akin examines how the expansion of publishing in the late Ming dynasty prompted changes in the nature and circulation of cartographic materials in East Asia. Focusing on mass-produced printed maps, this book investigates a series of path-breaking late 16th and early 17th century works in genres including geographical education, military affairs, and history, analysing how maps achieved unprecedented penetration among published materials, even in the absence of major theoretical or technological changes like those that transformed contemporary European cartography. By examining contemporaneous developments in neighboring Choson Korea and Japan, the study demonstrates the crucial importance of considering the broader East Asian sphere in this period as a network of communication and publication.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Printed Cartography in the Late Ming

2. Chinese Historical Cartographies

3. The Jesuits as Participants in the Late Ming Publishing Boom

4. Chosŏn Cartography in a Trans-regional Context

5. Japanese Cartography between East and West

Conclusion

Appendices

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-003-69447-0

90-485-6356-9

90-485-5061-0

9781003694472

OCLC:

1261368185