- September 12, 2025
- Mimi Cheng
Tracing the Copy
Two maps of Beijing from the MacLean Collection
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Two maps of Beijing from the MacLean Collection
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Explore the cosmos and the world-spaces of the Jain religion
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Studying one particular copy of an eighteenth-century map of the Ming Empire opens up a genealogy of printed maps
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In the late eighteenth century, an encounter between European and Chinese cartography left clues about the diffusion of geographic knowledge
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See how the Qing Empire’s mapping of world geography changed during and after the imposition of European power in the Opium Wars
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In this interactive Map Chat from the MacLean Collection, learn more about how Japanese mapmakers saw the world in late 18th and early 19th centuries
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A 1755 map created by a German Jesuit missionary for the Portuguese Empire casts new light on early European efforts to map the Amazon River valley
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Travel alongside the Qianlong Emperor in this interactive tour of a map nearly twenty feet long
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The curator of the MacLean Collection examines graphic representations of urban Japan from the Tokugawa period
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How did Korean cartography evolve in the Joseon period? Explore this interactive Map Chat from the MacLean Collection to learn more about a fascinating collection of atlases.
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