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

Isis 113 (4):829-840 (2022)
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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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