---------------------------------------------------- Internet Guide for China Studies Newsletter http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm ---------------------------------------------------- 11 May 2001 (HL) New in IGCS - Geography: Jingban tianwen quantu ¨ÊªO¤Ñ¤å¥þ¹Ï: Capital Edition Of A Complete Map (Of The World Based On) Astronomy Ed./Corp.: Richard J. Smith, Electronic Text Center for the Asian Studies, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA URL: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~asia/jingban.html Language: English. Supplied note: "Those [...] interested in traditional Chinese cartography may wish to take a look at a tripartite map of 'the world' (with several paragraphs of explanatory material in English), which we have recently made available on-line at Rice University. [...] The original three-part map is in the Woodson Research Center of Rice Univesity's Fondren Library." Description: "A digitized historical map 'Jingban Tianwen Quantu' by Ma Junliang [18th c.], with information on the Qing dynasty administrative boundaries of China, her cities, mountain ranges, overland travel routes, river systems, lakes, coastal communications, deserts, as well as other prominent landmarks. To benefit from site one needs a Java-enabled Web browser on a speedy computer and have a really fast network connection" (T.M. Ciolek, WWW Asian Studies Monitor). Note: Java-enabled Web browser needed! Resource suggested via Asian Studies WWW Monitor (07 May 2001) by Richard J. Smith, Electronic Text Center for the Asian Studies, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA. _______________________________________________________ With kind regards, Hanno Lecher ([log in to unmask]) INTERNET GUIDE FOR CHINA STUDIES -- editor http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ _______________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to: [log in to unmask] containing the following message: SIGNOFF IGCS-L