Enduring Encounters: Maps of Japan from Leiden University Library

While Asian and Western cartographies are often considered separate traditions, maps of Japan kept in Leiden University Libraries often show a commonality of method and purpose. Despite the expulsion of Phillip Franz von Siebold from Japan in 1829, the norm was for friendly exchanges of scientific k...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Leca, Radu, editor (editor), Storms, Martijn, editor
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill 2025.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2025.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009870119606719
Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction: Vehicles of Complex Encounters / Author: Radu Leca
  • Mapping Japan’s North: Material Traces of an Enduring Encounter / Author: Edward Boyle
  • Maps of Japan in the Bodel Nijenhuis Collection / Author: Martijn Storms
  • Siebold’s Mapping of Japan / Author: Aoyama Hiro’o
  • Urban Maps in Nineteenth-Century Japan / Author: Uesugi Kazuhiro
  • Catalogue
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Personal Names.