AN ATLAS OF ANCIENT MAPS IN CHINA: CITY MAPS

Zhongguo Gu Dai Di Tu Ji : Cheng Shi Di Tu = An Atlas of Ancient Maps in China: City Maps / Chief Editor Zheng Xihuang. – Scales differ. -- Xi’an : Xi’an Cartographical Publishing House, 2005. – 300 p. : col. ; 28 x 37cm. – Chinese and English Version. – Hardcover. –  ISBN 7-80670-717-4.

This title is a continuation of An Atlas of Ancient Maps in China, which following up the publications of An Atlas of Ancient Maps in China---the Warring States~Yuan Dynasty (VolumeⅠ), Ming Dynasty (Volume Ⅱ), and Qing Dynasty (Volume Ⅲ). The previous three volumes have been regarded by China’s historical geography authorities as the highest-standard representative of the study in China’s ancient maps.

Mr. Zheng Xihuang with the Institute for the History of Natural Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, one of the editors of volume I, II and III, is the editor in chief of this atlas. As an academic work, the atlas has successively received funds from National Natural Science Foundation of China and Science Publication Foundation of Chinese Academy of Sciences. 

The atlas continues adopting the compilation system of the three previous volumes. Studies have been done on each map—producer, time of production, content, features, edition, origin, methods and its cartographical value. Bi-lingual illustrations (in English and Chinese) are available. Special theses are given to address important maps or cities, focusing on their development through dynasties since their emergence, expansion of city walls, extension of streets and lanes, center flux, population fluctuations, relationship of the vicissitudes of commerce and handicraft industry with economic development, as well as a thorough probe into their content and cartographical value.

This atlas collects totally 213 city maps of 82 cities drawn from late Neolithic age to the end of Qing Dynasty (1911).

THE COLLECTION OF BEIJING  HISTORICAL MAPS

Beijing Li Shi Yu Tu Ji = The Collection of Beijing Historical Maps / Compiled by Capital Library. -- Beijing : Foreign Language Press, 2005. --  4 volumes : col. ; 27 x 38cm. --  Chinese and English Version.-- Hardcover. -- ISBN 7-119-03882-6   

         The collection selected about 750 ancient and old maps of Beijing and was compiled into 4 volumes according to mapping areas and themes. Each volume is arranged according to the order of color map first and single-color map second.

         The first volume contains the maps of Beijing City and general maps of Beijing District, totally almost 150 ancient maps from Song Dynasty (960-1279) to the establishment of People’s Republic of China (1949).

        The second volume has more than 180 maps of Beijing suburbs and counties, involving regional maps, town maps, architectural plans, etc. The maps are arranged according to current administrative divisions and drawing times.  

        The third volume keeps about 160 maps of Beijing in foreign languages (in the first half of the book) and views of famous scenic spots (in the second half of the book).

        The fourth volume has a content of more than 160 thematic maps of Beijing, including topics of economic construction, highway, railway, aviation, watercourse, protective patrol, tourism, history, and so on.