New Developments in Building Geographical Historiography-Scientific Research, Experimental Reproduction, and Databases

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"New Developments in' Building Geographical Historiography'"investigated maps in the following three ways. 1. Surveying and analyzing the physical features of early modern maps by carrying out a scientific survey that entailed the first ever analysis of colors used in maps. Moreover, the content and descriptive techniques were surveyed and analyzed systematically and from multiple perspectives. 2. Using an experimental method of reconstructing representative early modern political maps(kuni-ezu) in an effort to examine the actual circumstances of map production that remain inaccessible by means of analysis of documents and original maps. 3. Developing and publishing basic data and a retrieval system for extant early modern maps.The above results were incorporated into Ezugaku ny. mon(Tokyo University Press, 2011), thereby providing the academic world and the general public with a new platform for the study of map history.