Divergent Meanings of Place in Mapping Japan: La Pérouse’s Tangential Encounter

Radu Leca*

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Other contributionpeer-review

Abstract

When a French captain sailed past Japan in the late eighteenth century, a guess about toponyms set off a century of cartographic confusions.
Original languageEnglish
TypeArticle online
PublisherNorman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Place of PublicationOnline
Publication statusPublished - 30 Jul 2023

Publication series

NameMap Chats

Scopus Subject Areas

  • History
  • History and Philosophy of Science
  • Visual Arts and Performing Arts

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