清末杨守敬及其《历代舆地图》考述

A Study on Yang Shoujing and His Geographical Maps in the Past Dynasties

杨守敬作为清代地理考据的殿军,在光绪三十二年(1906年)完成编订的《历代舆地图》是他一生地理考据研究的重要结晶。该图历时三十余年而成,凡三十四册(组),分总图和分图两种,全面绘制出了我国自先秦至明朝的历代地图,对清代乃至清代以前的沿革地理学进行了集大成式的总结,在中国历史地理学发展史上占有重要地位。

Yang Shoujing,the last master of Qing geography,completed a collection of maps titled Geographical Maps in the Past Dynasties in 1906,which was the most important achievement in his research of geography.It took him more than 30 years to finish the collection made up of 34 books,and general maps and specific maps in terms of category.Being a collection of maps from times prior to Qin Dynasty to Ming Dynasty,it summarized the geography research of Qing Dynasty and even before that and was believed to have an important position in the history of historical geography research in China.