Военная история / Cartographic Japan: A History in Maps

Название: Cartographic Japan: A History in Maps
Издательство: University of Chicago Press
Год: 2016
Страниц: 282
Язык: English
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 33 MB

Miles of shelf space in contemporary Japanese bookstores and libraries are devoted to travel guides, walking maps, and topical atlases. Young Japanese children are taught how to properly map their classrooms and schoolgrounds. Elderly retirees pore over old castle plans and village cadasters. Pioneering surveyors are featured in popular television shows, and avid collectors covet exquisite scrolls depicting sea and land routes. Today, Japanese people are zealous producers and consumers of cartography, and maps are an integral part of daily life.