晚清西方人绘制近代北京城市地图概述

1860年后,西方列强外交人员得以进驻北京,西人绘制的北京城市地图数量日益增多,准确性逐步提高,地图种类和用途也被极大丰富。系统整理晚清时期西人绘制的北京城市地图史料,依照地图用处、出版方式将地图分为三种,再以文化交流史的视角和文学研究中文本分析的方法,看北京城图所体现出的晚清中外关系以及西方人塑造的北京城市形象。

Overview of Westerners-drawn Beijing City Maps in the Late Qing Dynasty

Diplomatic staff of the Western powers were permitted to reside in Beijing after 1860. The number of city maps of Beijing drawn by Westerners increased and their accuracy improved significantly. The types and uses of maps were also greatly enriched. This paper first systematically organizes the historical material of these maps, and then classifies them into three categories according to their uses and modes of publication. By taking the perspective of the history of cultural exchanges and using the method of textual analysis in literary studies, we look at these maps as a reflection of Sino-foreign relations in the late Qing Dynasty and the image of Beijing perceived by Westerners.