The Journey of Maps and Images on the Silk Road
Series
Brill's Inner Asian Library
ISBN
978 90 04 17165 7
Type
book
Date Issued
2008
Editor(s)
Abstract
This book covers new ground on the diffusion and transmission of geographical knowledge that occurred at critical junctures in the long history of the Silk Road. Much of twentieth-century scholarship on the Silk Road examined the ancient archaeological objects and medieval historical records found within each cultural area, while the consequences of long-distance interaction across Eurasia remained poorly studied. Here ample attention is given to the journeys that notions and objects undertook to transmit spatial values to other civilizations. In retracing the steps of four major circuits right across the many civilizations that shared the Silk Road, The Journey of Maps and Images on the Silk Road traces the ways in which maps and images surmounted spatial, historical and cultural divisions.
Co-editors: Philippe Forêt and Andreas Klapony
This book results largely from a project funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation (2006-2007) at the Institute of Cartography of ETH Zurich. Two editions: 2008 and 2012.
Co-editors: Philippe Forêt and Andreas Klapony
This book results largely from a project funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation (2006-2007) at the Institute of Cartography of ETH Zurich. Two editions: 2008 and 2012.
Language
English
Keywords
Asian studies
Chinese studies
Arabic Studies
Silk Road studies
Middle Ages
history of cartography
history of Eurasia
geography of knowledge
cultural exchanges
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Publisher
Brill
Publisher place
Leiden
Number
21
Start page
245
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
215014