Copying Maps East Asia Map Chat

Article Studying one particular copy of an eighteenth-century map of the Ming Empire opens up a genealogy of printed maps

Mario Cams
May 20, 2025
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This interactive publication is part of the Map Chat series commissioned by Richard Pegg, Director and Curator of the MacLean Collection in Illinois.

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Mario Cams is currently associate professor of Chinese Studies at KU Leuven (Belgium). He was a MacLean Collection Map Fellow in 2024.

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