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When is Evidence Enough? The Pangea Controversy and the Drift of Evidence
In 1912, Alfred Wegener, a German climatologist and geophysicist, made public his theory about Pangea. He suggested that in a remote past there was a
The MPIWG Chinese Map Collection: Typological Parallels and “Historical” Layers
This project investigates a group of six Chinese maps, presumably dating from the nineteenth to twentieth century, acquired by the MPIWG in 2016 from
Qun Che
Qun Che obtained her doctorate in History of Science and Technology at Shanghai Jiaotong Univers...
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The WebGIS Platform of Historical Maps of China
The WebGIS Platform of Historical Maps of China, conducted by the history department of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTUMAPGIS), is a combined GIS
This project first focused on military maps of premodern China. All maps are scanned at high resolution (600dpi), and then geo-referenced. The WebGIS
Digital Resource, Project_DeptSchaefer_WebGIS.png, Land Survey Maps of China: A Cartographic Database (1885–1945), https://chmap.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/
Presentation, Project_DeptSchaefer_WebGIS_LoGaRT_2020.png, "Visualizing Geographies of Late Qing and Republican China" Workshop, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4281192
Mississippi. An Anthropocene River
Mississippi. An Anthropocene River explores the vast region encompassed by the world’s fourth largest river. The project’s aim is to make this la
The Anthropocene and the Energy Transition (in German)
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MehrTwo Special Issues on MPIWG's "Anthropocene River" Project Published
The Anthropocene Review publishes two Special Issues on Mississippi. An Anthropocene River project
Dez 28, 2021 Go to PublicationVeröffentlichung von zwei Sonderausgaben über das Projekt des MPIWG „Anthropocene River"
The Anthropocene Review veröffentlicht zwei Sonderausgaben über Mississippi. Anthropocene River
Dez 28, 2021 Zur PublikationThe Reception of Latitude and Longitude in Early Modern China, 1644–1900
This project examines Qing scholars’ effort to integrate conventional Chinese cartographical practice and the Jesuit-style latitude-longitude coordina