Map Chat

• December 17, 2024
• John W. Mackey

Practical Knowledge and the New Republic

Learn about the intricacies of Carleton’s 1795 map from Dr. John W. Mackey, a Master Lecturer of Social Sciences in the College of General Studies at Boston University.

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• January 16, 2025
• Katherine Anne Paul

A Jain Cosmographic Map of the Rose‑Apple Continent (Jambudvipa)

Explore the cosmos and the world-spaces of the Jain religion

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• May 20, 2025
• Mario Cams

Copying Maps East Asia Map Chat

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

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• September 12, 2025
• Mimi Cheng

Tracing the Copy

Two maps of Beijing from the MacLean Collection

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• July 16, 2024
• Richard Pegg

“Encoded Toponyms” in Chinese Administrative Maps

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