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

Radu Leca

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

Radu Leca^*

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Academy of Visual Arts

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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 language	English
Type	Article online
Publisher	Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Place of Publication	Online
Publication status	Published - 30 Jul 2023

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Name	Map Chats

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