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On 5/12/2014 5:53 AM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:postnikov@akado.ru">postnikov@akado.ru</a> wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Dear Joel and other Maphistors,
I would not like you to think that I sent my references to show that I had been the "first" to research the complex history of the Russian-Chinese boundary's mapping. I had been, may be, the last to pay it a close attentionreally from the "Russian side".</pre>
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In addition to Alexey's citations, I had forgotten about the article
in the latest issue of <u>Imago Mundi</u> (vol. 66, no. 1, pp.
51-69):<br>
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"The China Maps of Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville: Origins and
Supporting Networks" by Mario Cams,<br>
DOI: 10.1080/03085694.2014.845949<br>
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The abstract:<br>
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"By 1735, Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville had produced forty-one
maps of the Qing Empire, or China, a process significantly more
complex than scholars have hitherto appreciated. A close study of
d’Anville’s maps and their originals has revealed their relationship
with the different versions of a Chinese atlas, the first of which
was completed early in 1718, the outcome of nearly a decade of
collaborative surveying between officials of the Qing Empire and
European missionaries. The precise origins of some of the maps are
identified for the first time, and the network behind the remarkable
intercontinental exchange of cartographical material that allowed
d’Anville to produce his China maps is also discussed, thereby
illustrating the central role of the French Jesuits, as well as the
connection with St Petersburg."<br>
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Joel Kovarsky<br>
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