map history progress

In the past decade, much progress has been achieved in the study of the history of Chinese cartography. This message gives a brief review of these achievements in terms of projects, monographs, journal articles, etc. Titles given in [ ] are translations of the Chinese originals.

Ongoing project

* '[Atlas of Ancient Urban Maps in China]', led by Prof. Zheng Xi Huang of CAS. The Institute of the History of Natural Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, with support from the National Sciences Foundation, 1998-2000. Undergoing Project

Research, Digitalization and Web-process to the Modern Topographic Maps , Led by Doctor Wang Jun

Institute of Cartography, Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping Beijing, 100039, China

Support by of Sciences Foundation of Surveying and Mapping, 1999-2001

Published Monographs

* Cao Wan Ru, Zheng Xi Huang, Huang Sheng Zhang, Niu Zhong Xun, Wang Qian Jing, etc. '[Atlas of Ancient Maps in China]', three volumes [Beijing: Cultural Relics Press, 1990-1997] . ISBN 7-5010-0954-6.

Vol. 1 covered the earliest period, Vol. 2 the Ming Dynasty, and Vol. 3 the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). 212 maps are reproduced, with Chinese and English descriptive text.

* Yan Ping, Jin Ying Chun, Sun Guo Qing, Yin Jun Ke, Zhou Rong, etc. 'China: in Ancient and Modern Maps' [London: Philip Wilson, 1998]. ISBN 0-85667-413-3. A collection of 166 maps from 2000 years ago to the end of the Qing Dynasty (1911), with brief descriptions and a foreword by Prof. Hou Ren Zhi. The Harbin Cartographical Press [Harbin, China] produced a Chinese edition in the same year.

Published Book

* Map Department of the National Library, '[Directory of 6827 domestic and foreign early maps']. [Beijing: National Library Press, 1997]. ISBN 7-5013-1266-4.

* Li Xiao Cong, Descriptive Catalogue of Pre-1900 Chinese Maps Seen in Europe [Beijing: International Culture Press Co., 1996]. ISBN 7-80105-477-6/K.50. In English and Chinese and with prefaces by Prof. Hou Ren Zhi and Tony Campbell.

* Yan Ping, etc. '[Treasures of Early Chinese Maps]' [Xi'an, Shaanxi, China: Xi'an Cartographic Press, 1995]. ISBN 7-80545-297-0. Including 100 illustrations.

* '[History of Chinese Surveying and Mapping]', Volume 2 - '[Ming Dynasty to the Republic of China]' edited by the Book Compiling Committee of the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping [Beijing: Surveying and Mapping Press, 1995]. ISBN 7-5030-0726-5. In Chinese, with a list in English.

* Niu Zhong Xun, '[Research to History of Geography]'. [Beijing: Geological Press, 1996]. ISBN 7-116-01858-1. Including seven papers on the history of Chinese surveying and mapping.

Journal articles (in Chinese with English abstracts)

* Que Wei Min, '[The Cartographical Rule of the Gazetteer-Map in Ancient Chinese Local Records]'. _Studies in the History of Natural Sciences_, 15, No.4 (1996): 334-42. ISSN 1000-0224.

* Jiang Dao Zhang, '[Distinctive Features of Traditional Chinese Cartography]'. _Studies in the History of Natural Sciences_, 17, No.3 (1998): 262-72. ISSN 1000-0224.

* Wang Jun, '[Research on Topographic Maps of Beijing in the first part of the 20th century']. _ Science of Surveying and Mapping _ , 25, No.1 (2000): 15-18. ISSN 1009-2307.

* Wang Jun, '[Research on some old maps of Beijing in the Modern Period']. _Progress in Geography_ , 19, No.1 (2000): 88-93. ISSN 1007-6301.

Websitehttp://www.casm.ac.cn/~wangjun/

Set up in 2000, this web site describes recent progress in Chinese historical geography, the history of Chinese cartography, and the urban history of Beijing. The server is located at the Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping (CASM), and the webmaster is Wang Jun, with support from Prof. Li Xiao Cong of Peking University, Prof. Ai Su Zhen of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, etc.