{"product_id":"connected-cartographies-florin-stefan-morar-9781009636032","title":"Connected Cartographies: World Geography and the Sino-Western Translation of Knowledge, 1580-1842","description":"In the 'Age of Discovery', explorers brought a wealth of information about new and strange lands from across the oceans. Yet, even as the Americas appeared on new world maps, China remained a cartographic mystery. How was the puzzle of China's geography unravelled? Connected Cartographies demonstrates that knowledge about China was generated differently, not through exploration but through a fascinating bi-directional cross-cultural exchange of knowledge. Florin-Stefan Morar shows that interactions between Chinese and Western cartographic traditions led to the creation of a new genre of maps that incorporated features from both. This genre included works by renowned cartographers such as Abraham Ortelius and Matteo Ricci and other less-known works, 'black tulips of cartography, ' hidden in special collections. Morar builds upon original sources in multiple languages from archives across three continents, producing a pioneering reconstruction of Sino-Western cartographic exchanges that shaped the modern world map and our shared global perspective.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Florin-Stefan Morar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1009636030\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781009636032\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Florin-Stefan Morar","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47579638726911,"sku":"9781009636032","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_29dd060d-1cef-4424-a448-d8ac36d6cbde.jpg?v=1763875602","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/connected-cartographies-florin-stefan-morar-9781009636032","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}