The Journey of Maps and Images on the Silk Road

ISBN: 9789004171657 出版年：2008 页码：278 Brill

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 Foret 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.