This proceedings book presents the first-ever cross-disciplinary analysis of 16th-20th century
South East and Southeast Asian cartography. The central theme of the conference was the
mutual influence of Western and Asian cartographic traditions and the focus was on points of
contact between Western and Asian cartographic history. Geographically the topics were limited
to South Asia East Asia and Southeast Asia with special attention to India China Japan
Korea and Indonesia. Topics addressed included Asia's place in the world the Dutch East India
Company toponymy Philipp Franz von Siebold maritime cartography missionary mapping and
cadastral mapping.
