Links Listed by Region/Country: China - Maps

China in Maps: 16 th-19 th Century, Hong KongUniversity of Science & Technology Library
http://library.ust.hk/info/exhibit/maps-9706/

An online exhibition of historical maps of China.

China Maps: Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, University of Texas
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/china.html

Includes thematic, detailed, city, historical, and other maps.

History and Commercial Atlas of China, Harvard University Press
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Territories_of_Dynasties_in_China.gif

Contains a large selection of maps of China, as well as a few maps of Tibet, Manchuria, and European trade routes.  Maps are organized by date from prehistoric to modern.  Site in both Chinese and English. 

Internet Guide for China Studies
http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/iggeo.htm#maps

The China WWW Virtual Library, with a listing of map and other geography resources online.

The Mongols in World History, Columbia University
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/mongols/

See “Maps" (right-hand menu bar) for links to related maps. A teaching unit presented by Asia for Educators in consultation with Morris Rossabi. Topics explored include “The Mongols’ Mark on Global History," Mongol conquests, the Mongols in China , key figures in Mongol history, and the pastoral nomadic lifestyle.

Silk Road Seattle, University of Washington
http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/maps/maps.html

A site dedicated to explaining the history and culture of the Silk Road. Features several maps for instruction as well as image galleries, select primary documents, and annotated bibliographies dealing with the Silk Road.

A Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization, Patricia Buckley Ebrey, University of Washington
http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/timeline.htm

Shows maps of each Chinese dynasty,highlighting the changing borders of “ China " over time.

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