利玛窦对中国地图学发展的贡献

Matteo Ricci had done much paramount importance contributionto the advance of China's cartography

利玛窦到中国传教 ,带来了西方的地理知识 ,尤其是对地图制图知识的传播 ,客观上推动了中国地图制图技术的发展 ,打开了中国人的眼界。他绘制的《山海舆地全图》成为明末以后中国地图史上极为重要的地图作品。

Matteo Ricci had come to preach in China,and had brought with occidental geographic knowledge and cartographic theory.Specially,cartographic technology had helped to stimulate thinking and to produce a vigorous production of maps.Chinese's seesight were opened.Shanhaiyudiquantu which had been drawn by Matteo Ricci has contributed much to the advance of cartographic history of China after Ming Dynasty.