16世纪下半叶至17世纪尼德兰南部地区以及荷兰共和国的制图学的发展

The Development of Cartography in Southern Netherland and the Dutch Republic in the mid-16th to the 17th Century

本文探讨了16世纪下半叶至17世纪尼德兰南部地区以及北方的荷兰联省共和国黄金时代制图学的发展历史。这一时期是尼德兰地区(包括独立以后的荷兰共和国)的制图学从发生、发展到成熟的重要历史时期。荷兰的制图学上接葡萄牙、西班牙的制图学的传统,随着荷兰联省共和国的独立及其海外殖民的事业而发展,其制图学逐渐发展成为真正的近代意义的科学,并与当时的航海、测绘、艺术和社会风俗有着密不可分的联系,成为荷兰黄金时代的文化象征之一。

This article explores the development of cartography in the golden age of mid-16 th to the 17 th century in southern Netherland and the Dutch Republic.It was a critical time period during which cartography appeared,developed and ripened.Holland’s cartography inherited from the Portuguese and Spanish cartographic tradition.With the independence of the Dutch Republic and the expansion of its colonial enterprises,cartography grew to be a real modern science.It was closely connected to navigation,mapping,art,and social customs of the time and became one of the symbols of the golden age in Holland.