Cartographic Traditions in East Asian Maps

by Richard A. Pegg

Maps are the manifestation of an intellectual construct of physical and metaphysical environments. They are rich cultural objects presenting and transmitting information about time and place of production. A map is not neutral - it is an interactive, constructed representation of space as perceived and presented by its maker and then interpreted by the viewer. Maps thus reveal methodological relationships between artistic and scientific approaches,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824847652
• ISBN13: 9780824847654
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.7" x 11.7"