The China Maps of Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville: Origins and Supporting Networks
Académie des sciences ; Antoine Gaubil ; Cartographic technique ; China ; Eighteenth Century ; History of cartography ; Huangyu quanlan tu ; Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville ; Jean-Baptiste du Halde ; Jesuit atlas ; Jesuit missions ; Joseph
China ; Historia de la cartografía ; Mapa antiguo ; Siglo 18 ; Técnica cartográfica
discuté. Rôle central des jésuites français, aussi bien que la connexion avec Saint-Petersbourg.#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
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.