Cartographic Traditions in East Asian Maps - 9780824847654

Cartographic Traditions in East Asian MapsAuthor(s): Richard A. Pegg\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Hawai'i Press, United States\nImprint: University of Hawai'i Press\nISBN-13: 9780824847654, 978-0824847654\nSynopsis\nMaps 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, aesthetics and functionality and form and content in the context of visual culture. And given their subjective nature, maps reproduce the views or perspectives of their makers.\n\nCartographic Traditions in East Asian Maps is focused on a group of maps from the MacLean Collection, one of the worlds largest private.