Chinese Historical Geography Project

Historical map collections of major Chinese cities published recently:

Suzhou (Soo-chow)
Suzhou gu cheng dituji = The atlas of ancient Suzhou / [Zhang Yinglin bian] ; Suzhou Shi di fang zhi bian zuan wei yuan hui ban gong shi, Suzhou bo wu guan, Suzhou bei ke bo wu guan. 蘇州古城地圖集 = The atlas of ancient Suzhou / [張英霖編 ]；蘇州市地方志編纂委員會辦公室, 蘇州博物館, 蘇州碑刻博物館 Published: Suzhou Shi: Gu wu xuan chubanshe, 蘇州市 : 古吴轩出版社, 2004. Description: Di 1 ban. 第1版. 34 p. + 19 maps; 47 cm. Notes: Chinese and English.

Aomen (Macao)
Aomen lishi ditu jing xuan ?澳门历史地图精选 / Zhongguo di yi lishi dangan¡¦guan, Aomen yi guo liang zhi yanjiu zhongxin xuanbian; [zhu bian Zou Ailian].中国第一歷史档案馆, 澳门一国两制硏究中心选编 ; [主编　邹爱莲]. Published: Beijing: Huawen chubanshe, 2000. 北京 : 华文出版社, 2000. Description: Di 1 ban. 第1版. Scales differ. 1 atlas (119 p.): maps (some col.); 29 cm. ISBN 7507509818. Price: 268 RMB.

Xi¡¦an (Hsi-an)
Cornell University Library Title: Xi¡¦an lishi dituji = The historical atlas of Xi¡¦an / Shi Nianhai zhu bian. 西安歷史地圖集 = The historical atlas of Xi¡¦an / 史念海主编. Published: Xi¡¦an Shi: Xi¡¦an ditu chubanshe, 1996. 西安市 : 西安地圖出版社, 1996. Description: Di 1 ban. 第1版. 1 atlas (178 p.): col. ill., col. maps; 39 cm. Notes: Preface and table of contents also in English.

Beijing (Peking)
Beijing li shi yu tu ji = Collection of Beijing historical maps / Li Cheng ... [et al.] zhu bian ; [bianji weiyuanhui zhuren Han Pu ; Yingwen fan yi Zhu Liang, Wang Ziqiang]. 北京历史與图集 = Collection of Beijing historical maps / 李诚 ... [et al.] 主编 ; [编辑委员会主任韩朴 ; 英文翻译朱亮, 王自强]. Published: Beijing: Waiwen chubanshe, 2005. 北京 : 外文出版社, 2005. Description: Di 1 ban. 第1版. 1 atlas (4 v.) : ca. 748 col. maps (some folded) ; 36 cm. Summary: A collection of maps held in the Capital Library, Beijing. "The first volume collects the maps of Beijing City and general maps of Beijing District, almost 145 ancient maps totally from the Song Dynasty [960-1279] to the establishment of the People¡¦s Republic of China

[1949] .... The second volume collects more than 173 maps of Beijing suburbs and counties, involving regional maps, town maps, architectural plans, etc. ....The third volume collects about 180 maps of foreign languages ... and views of famous scenic spots.... The fourth volume collects more than 250 maps of special subjects, including economic construction, highway, railway, aviation, watercourse, protective patrol, tourism, history, and so on." -- Preface. Notes: Preface, list of plates and caption of plates in Chinese and English.

Tianjin (Tientsin)
Tianjin (China). Guo tu ju. 天津 (中国). 国土局. Title: Tianjin cheng shi li shi di tu ji / Tianjin Shi gui hua he guo tu zi yuan ju bian zhu. 天津城市历史地图集 / 天津市规划和国土资源局编著. Published: Tianjin Shi: Tianjin guji chubanshe, 2005. 天津市 : 天津古籍出版社,? 2005. ISBN: 7806961836.

Guangzhou (Canton)
Guangzhou lishi ditu jingcui / Zhongguo di yi li shi dang an guan, Guangzhou Shi danganju, Guangzhou Yuexiuqu renmin zhengfu bian zhu. 广州历史地图精粹 / 中国第一历史档案馆, 广州市档案局, 广州市越秀区人民政府编著. Published: Beijing : Zhongguo da bai ke quan shu chu ban she, 2003. 北京 : 中国大百科全书出版社, 2003. Description: Di yi ban. 第1版. 129 p.: col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Wuhan (Wu-han)
Wuhan lishi dituji : the historical atlas of Wuhan / Wuhan lishi dituji bianzong wei yuan hui bian ji. 武汉历史地图集 : the historical atlas of Wuhan / 武汉历史地图集编纂委员会　编辑. Published: Beijing Shi : Zhongguo ditu chubanshe, 1998. 北京市 : 中国地图　出版社, 1998. Description: Di 1 ban. 第1版. 143 p.: chiefly col. maps ; 38 cm.

Shanghai

Lao Shanghai ditu 老上海地图 / Shanghai tushuguan 上海图书馆. Published: Shanghai : Shanghai huabao chubanshe, 2001. 上海 : 上海画报出版社, 2001. Description: Di 1 ban. 第1版. 143 p.: ill., col. maps ; 29 cm. Notes: Table of content and captions also in English.
Shanghai Shi ce hui yuan. 上海市　测绘院. Title: Shanghai li shi dituji / Zhou Zhenhe zhu bian ; [Shanghai Shi ce hui yuan zhi zuo]. 上海　历史　地图集 / 周　振鹤主编 ; [上海市　测绘院制作]. Published: Shanghai : Shanghai ren min chu ban she, 1999. 上海　: 上海　人民出版社, 1999. Description: Di 1 ban. 第1版. Scales differ. 1 atlas (157 p.): col. maps ; 37 cm.

Taibei (Taipei)
Gao, Chuanqi. 高傳棋. Title: Chuanyue shi kong kan Taibei: Taibei jian cheng 120 zhou nian : gu ditu, jiu yingxiang, wenxian, wenwu zhan / Wei Dewen zhubian ; Gao Chuanqi bianzhu. 穿越時空看臺北 : 臺北建城120週年 : 古地圖, 舊影像, 文獻, 文物展 / 魏德文主編 ; 高傳棋編著. Published: Taibei Shi : Taibei Shi zhengfu wenhuaju : Taibei er er ba jinianguan, 2004. 臺北市 : 臺北市政府文化局 : 臺北二二八紀念館, 2004. Description: Chu ban. 初版. 161 p. (some folded): ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Historical map collections of Chinese provinces published recently:

Hubei
Zhongguo gu ditu jilu. Hubei Sheng ji / [zhu bian Wang Ziqiang]. 中国古地图辑录. 湖北省辑/ [主编　王自强]. Published: Beijing Shi : Xing qiu ditu chubanshe, 2003. 北京市 : 星球地图出版社, 2003. Description: Di 1 ban. 第1版. 2 v. (512 p.): maps; 38 cm. Notes: Preface, user¡¦s guide and table of contents also in English. ISBN: 780104519X.

Henan
Zhongguo gu ditu jilu. Henan Sheng ji = Complete collection of early maps in China

. Henan Province / Wang Ziqiang zhubian. 中国古地图辑录. 河南省辑 = Complete collection of early maps in China. Henan Province / 王自强主编. Published: Beijing : Xingqiu ditu chubanshe, 2005. 北京 : 星球地图出版社, 2005. Description: Di 1 ban. 第1版. Scale not given. 2 v. (514 p.) : maps ; 38 cm. Notes: In Chinese. Title, preface, table of contents and guide to the use of the atlas also in English. ISBN: 7802120055 (set).

Zhejiang
Zhongguo gu ditu jilu. Zhejiang Sheng ji? = Complete collection of early maps in China: Zhejiang Province; [zhu bian Wang Ziqiang]. 中国古地图辑录. 浙江省辑 / [主编王自强]. Published: Beijing Shi : Xingqiu diti chubanshe, 2005. 北京市 : 星球地图出版社, 2005. Description: 1 atlas (2 v.): maps; 38 cm. Notes: Preface, user¡¦s guide and table of contents also in English. ISBN: 7801045181.

Shanxi
Shanxi Sheng lishi ditu ji / Shanxi Sheng ditu ji bian zuan wei yuan hui bian zhi. 山西省历史地图集 / 山西省地图集编纂委员会编制. Published: Beijing: Zhongguo di tu chu ban she, 2000. 北京: 中国地图出版社, 2000. Description: Di 1 ban. 第1版． Scales vary. 1 atlas (444 p.): chiefly maps; 32 cm. ISBN: 7503123184.

Guangdong
Guangdong lishi dituji / Guangdong lishi dituji bianji weiyuanhui bian. 广东历史地图集 / 广东历史地图集编辑委员会编. Published: Guangzhou: Guangdong sheng di tu chu ban she, 1995. 广州 : 广东省地图出版社, 1995. Description: Di 1 ban. 第1版. 1 atlas (198 p.): ol. ill., col. maps; 29 cm. ISBN: 7805223009.

Fujian
Fujian Sheng lishi dituji? / Lu Meisong zhu bian ; Fujian Sheng difangzhi bianzuan weiyuanhui bian. 福建省历史地图集 = Fujian Sheng lishi dituji / 卢美松主编 ; 福建省地方志编纂委员会编. Published: Fuzhou: Fujian Sheng ditu chubanshe, 2004. 福州 : 福建省地图出版社, 2004. Description: Di 1 ban. 第1版. Scales differ. 1 atlas (289 p.) : ill.(some col.), col. maps ; 29 cm. ISBN: 7805166536.

Other items of older provenance:

Ass. person: Wallacker, Benjamin E. Title : Chinese Walled Cities Subtitle : a collection of maps from Shina Jokaku no Gaiyo Place : Hong Kong Publisher : Chinese University Press Year : 1979 Imprint : 266 p., ill., maps ISBN : 962-201-174-8 Author : Williams, Jack F. Title : China in Maps, 1890-1960 Subtitle : a selective and annotated cartobibliography Place : Ann Arbor Publisher : Michigan State University, Asian Studies Center Year : 1974 Imprint : 365 p., num. ill., maps Ser. title : East Asia Series Occasional Paper ; 4 Ass. person: Wang Yong ¤ý±e Title : Guan zang zhongwen yutu mulu À]ÂÃ¤¤¤åÁÖ¹Ï¥Ø¿ý Place : Peiping Publisher : Guoli Peiping tushuguan °ê¥ß¥_¥¹Ï®ÑÀ] Year : no date Ass. person: Wang Yong ¤ý±e Title : Guan zang zhongwen yutu mulu xubian À]ÂÃ¤¤¤åÁÖ¹Ï¥Ø¿ýÄò½s Place : Peiping Publisher : Guoli Peiping tushuguan °ê¥ß¥_¥¹Ï®ÑÀ] Year : no date Ass. person: Wang Yong ¤ý±e Title : Guan zang Qing neige da ku yutu mulu À]ÂÃ²M¤º»Õ¤j®wÁÖ¹Ï¥Ø¿ý Place : Peiping Publisher : Guoli Peiping tushuguan °ê¥ß¥_¥¹Ï®ÑÀ] Year : no date Corp. body : Guoli Beiping tushuguan °ê¥ß¥_¥¹Ï®ÑÀ] Title : Yutu banhua zhanlanhui mulu ÁÖ¹Ïª©µe®iÄý·|¥Ø¿ý Place : Peiping Publisher : Guoli Peiping tushuguan °ê¥ß¥_¥¹Ï®ÑÀ] Year : no date Ass. person: Herrmann, Albert Title : Historical and Commercial Atlas of China Place : Berlin, Braunschweig, Hamburg Publisher : Westermann Ser. title : Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series ; 1 Bibl. note : Reprinted by Literature Publishing House, Taibei 1965 Ass. person: Deng Yanlin ¾HlªL [½s} Title : Zhongguo bianjiang tuji lu ¤¤°êÃäÃ¦¹ÏÄy¿ý Place : Shanghai Publisher : Shangwu yinshuguan °Ó°È¦L®ÑÀ] Year : 1958 Imprint : 329 p. Bibl. note : Includes index of titles and of authors Ass. person: Yang Shoujing (1839-1915) ·¨¦u·q [½sÃ¸] Title : Lidai yudi yange tu ¾ú¥NÁÖ¦aªu²¹Ï Publisher : Lianjing chuban shiye gongsi Áp¸g¥Xª©¨Æ·~¤½¥q Year : 1975 Imprint : 30 ¥U Bibl. note : According to Zurndorfer (China Bibliography 1995, p. 182) this coompilation of historical maps is by some historians even nowadays still considered to be the best historical atlas of China. This work was also printed in 10 hardbound volumes, with an additional one containing the placename index; cartography going right back to the nine regions of the great Yu, making use of the ¶¦®Ñ¦a²z§Ó¡A the ¤ô¸gª` and a large number of related sources; Ass. person: Tan Song [ed.] ÃÓªQ [¥D½s] Title : Zhongguo lishi dituji ¤¤°ê¾ú¥v¦a¹Ï¶° Place : Taibei ¥x¥_ Publisher : Tianwei chubanshe ¤Ñ½Ã¥Xª©ªÀ Year : 1995 ISBN : 957-9216-64-6 Bibl. note : Very simple and basic historical atlas of China, using simplified base maps Ass. person: Tan Qixiang ÃÓ¨äù³ [¥D½s] Title : Zhongguo lishi dituji ¤¤°ê¾ú¥v¦a¹Ï¶° Place : Beijing ¥_¨Ê Publisher : Ditu chubanshe ¦a¹Ï¥Xª©ªÀ Year : 1982- Imprint : 8 ¥U vol. : v. 1: ì©lªÀ·|, ®L, °Ó, ¦è©P, ¬K¬î, ¾Ô°ê®É´Á; v.2: ¯³, ¦èº~ , ªFº~®É´Á; v.3: ¤T°ê, ¦è®Ê®É´Á; v.4: ªF®Ê¤Q¤»°ê, «n¥_´Â¤Q´Á; v.5: ¶¦, ð, ¤¥N¤Q°ê¤Q´Á; v.6: §º, ¿ñ, ª÷®É´Á; v.7: ¤¸, ©ú®É´Á; v.8: ²M, ¥Á°ê®É´Á; Ass. person: Guo Moruo ³¢ªjY [¥D½s] Title : Zhongguo shigao dituji ¤¤°ê¥v½Z¦a¹Ï¶° Place : Beijing ¥_¨Ê Publisher : Ditu chubanshe ¦a¹Ï¥Xª©ªÀ Year : 1979 Imprint : 2 ¥U Ass. person: Zhang Qiyun ±i¨ä©û [¥D½s] Corp. body : Guofang yanjiuyuan °ê¨¾¬ã¨s°| Title : Qingdai yitong ditu ²M¥N£¸²Î¦a¹Ï Place : Taibei ¥x¥_ Publisher : Guofang yanjiuyuan °ê¨¾¬ã¨s°| Year : 1966 Bibl. note : A set of 103 maps capturing China's territorial setting of the middle period of the Qianlong era (around 1760- 61); these maps represent the earliest efforts of applying unified geographical measures to cartography throughout the empire; these maps are excellent material when used alongside the Da Qing yitong zhi ¤j²M£¸²Î§Ó, the "Comprehensive Geography of the Great Qing Empire" which was first published in 356 juan in 1744 (a second, larger edition was sent to the press in 1790); Ass. person: Tan Qixiang ÃÓ¨äù³ [¥D½s] Title : <> shiwen huibian ¤¤°ê¾ú¥v¦a¹Ï¶° Subtitle : dongbei juan ªF¥_¨÷ Place : Beijing ¥_¨Ê Publisher : Zhongyang minzu xueyuan chubanshe ¤¤¥¡¥Á±Ú¾Ç°|¥Xª©ªÀ Year : 1988 Imprint : 393 p. ISBN : 7-81001-020-4 Bibl. note : Supplementing the ¹Ï¶° edition of 1982- with what the collection of maps lacked: the explanatory texts; this volume deals with the administrative geography of the region of what today is constituted by the three provinces Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang; incl. index of placenames; this volume is supposed to be one of six textual supplements to the historical maps project. the others (which I have not seen nor have I been able to aquire bibliographical information thereof) deal with China's northwestern regions (¦è¥_¨÷¡^¡,, the southwest (¦è«n¨÷¡^,Mongolia (»X¥j¦a°Ï¡^, Tibet (ÂÃ±Ú¦a°Ï) and central imperial China (¤¤ì¤ý´Â³¡¤À¡^ Corp. body : Zhongyang xixiangju qixiang kexue yanjiuyuan ¤¤¥¡®ð¶H§½®ð¶H¬ì¾Ç¬ã¨s°| [¥D½s] Title : Zhongguo jin wubai nian han-lao fenpei tuji ¤¤°ê¶i¤¦Ê¦~§òåü¤À¥¬¹Ï¶° Place : Beijing ¥_¨Ê Publisher : Ditu chubanshe ¦a¹Ï¥Xª©ªÀ Year : 1980 (?) Imprint : 332 p. Bibl. note : Historical overview over drought and flooding in China, spanning the time between 1470 and 1979; over two- thousand gazetteers were used to compile maps to document various measures of (graded) dryness and wetness throughout the Ming and Qing-periods down to the present days. Ass. person: Zhang Qiyun ±i¨ä©û [¥D½s] Corp. body : Zhongguo wenhua daxue Zhongguo lishi ditu bianzuan weiyuanhui ¤¤°ê¤å¤Æ¤j¾Ç¤¤°ê¾ú¥v¦a¹Ï½sÄ¡·| Title : Zhongguo lishi ditu ¤¤°ê¾ú¥v¦a¹Ï Place : Taibei ¥x¥_ Publisher : Zhongguo wenhua daxue chubanbu ¤¤°ê¤å¤Æ¤j¾Ç¥Xª©³¡ Year : 1984 Imprint : 2 ¥U Bibl. note : a collection of 257 maps grouped around topics such as transport and irrigation, "society", the arts and culture, cities and capitals and warfare; interesting are the notes on which material was used (especially in the second volume); Corp. body : Beijing tushuguan shanben tezangbu yutu zu bian Title : Yutu yaolu - Beijing tushuguan zang 6827 zhong waiwen gu jiu ditu mulu Place : Beijing Publisher : Beijing tushuguan chubanshe Year : 1997 Imprint : 644 p. Bibl. note : A bibliography of map holdings in the Rare Book Department of China's National Library. Note that the holdings refer to Chinese and western historical maps. Divided by province, with index. Names and authors of western maps are in Chinese only, making it difficult to identify the items or search for a particular map (say, for example, the Ricci world map) in the index. Historical maps here means everything printed or published before 1949. Ass. person: Nishimura Ko [ed.] ¦è§ø©° [½s] Title : Chugoku hondo chizu mokuroku ¤¤°ê¥»¤g¦a¹Ï¥Ø¿ý Subtitle : Toyo Bunko ... °ê¥ß°ê·|¹Ï®ÑÀ]¤ÎªF¬v¤å®w©ÒÂÃ¸ê®Æ Place : Tokyo ªF¨Ê Publisher : Kyokuto Shoten ·¥ªF®Ñ©± Year : 1967 Imprint : 104 p., num. tables Bibl. note : useful catalog of about 3200 maps concerning China (up to 1945) held in two very important academic institutions in Japan; Ass. person: Yan Gengwang [ed.] ÄY¯Ñ±æ [½s] Title : Tangdai jiaotong tukao ð¥N¥æ³q¹Ï¦Ò Place : Nangang «n´ä Publisher : Zhangyang yanjiuyuan ¤¤¥¡¬ã¨s°| Year : 1986 Imprint : 5 ¥U Corp. body : Linshi Taiwan tudi diaocha [zu] Á{®É»OÆW¤g¦a½Õ¬d Title : Taiwan baotu »OÆW³ù¹Ï Place : Taibei Publisher : Yuanliu chuban gongsi »·¬y¥Xª©¤½¥q Year : 1996 Imprint : 2 ¥U ISBN : 957-32-2812-2 Bibl. note : Reprint of a massive collection of very precise maps of the island of Taiwan. Executed prior to 1904, these 385 maps are claimed to be based on exhaustive fieldtrips and standardized on-the-spot measurements. Author : Okada Gyokuzan ©£¥Ð¥Ñ©| Title : Todo meisho zue ð¹Ï¦W³Ó¹Ï·| Place : Kyoto, Osaka ¨Ê³£ Year : 1805 Imprint : 2 vols. Bibl. note : Reprints of 1981 (Kyoto 1981) and 1985 (Beijing Guji chubanshe, Chinese explanations appended to each volume); excellent and very exhaustive guidebook to the old Beijing and large parts of Northern China; exhaustive illustrations, meticulously executed, with great attention to minute details; one could call this title a full-fledged survey of the material culture of northern China. Includes numerous regional and city maps, temple plans and other types of geographical knowledge. Ass. person: Li Xiaocong Title : A Descriptive Catalogue of pre-1900 Chinese maps seen in Europe Place : Beijing Publisher : Guoji wenhua chuban gongsi Year : 1996 Corp. body : Shanghai guji chubanshe ¤W®ü¥jÄy¥Xª©ªÀ Title : Songben lidai dili zhizhangtu §º¥»¾ú¥N¦a²z«ü´x¹Ï Place : Shanghai ¤W®ü Publisher : Shanghai guji chubanshe ¤W®ü¥jÄy¥Xª©ªÀ Year : 1989 Imprint : 101 p. ISBN : 7-5325-0025-x Bibl. note : According to the editors this is the earliest (extant) version of a historical atlas for China (the earliest known was the Yugong diyu tu ¬ê°^¦a°ì¹Ï by Pei Xiu »p¨q of the Western Jin dynasty which has long been lost). The maps date from the transitional paeriod of the Northern to the Southern Song dynasty (roughly 1100- 1150). Tan Qixiang ÃÓ¨äù³, writer of the preface, briefly hints at the "scholarly value" of the work when he refers to the possibilities inherent to the maps. Thus the attentive reader and interpreter will not miss the patterns and the sign language en vogue in Song times, as well as the representation of the administrative structure of the empire, which differs in respect to earlier dynasties. Altogether we have 45 to 46 maps in this comprehensive and stylistically coherent collection. An analysis and translation of the texts acompanying the maps in a western language still needs to see the light of day.