《浙江省垣城厢图》考

Historical-cartographical Study on the Hangzhou City Map Named Zhejiang Sheng-yuan Cheng-xiang-tu

《浙江省垣城厢图》是新近公开的一种近代城市地图,也是迄今有关杭州的最为详细的城市古旧地图。该图测绘之精确、内容之丰富,在我国地图史上亦属罕见,因此成为城市史地研究不可多得的珍贵地图资料。本文在详细考察地物表现与测绘技术、成图年代、绘制者与刊印者等有关该图基本性质的基础上,尝试从历史地图学的角度,对该图在杭州与我国近代城市地图史上的定位及其在城市历史形态学上的研究价值予以初步的探讨与评价。

Zhejiang Sheng-- yuan Cheng-- xiang-- tu （ 《浙江省垣城厢图》） is newly-- demystified city map of Hangzhou which is also the one of the most detailed early modern city maps in China. This paper addresses the historical--cartographical study of the map. Based upon an analysis on the survey- ing, mapping and printing characteristic of the map, the paper provides the fundamental properties such as the drawing date, the surveyor and the publisher of the map. The important research value of the map and the influence of the western modern cartographic technique is also discussed in the paper.