On An Oriental Cartography (And Other Shanghai Map-Making Adventures)

[mr_mitts]

Only after about six months of looking for 1920s-1930s maps of Chinese Shanghai (for, as every schoolboy knows, Greater Shanghai was carved between the International Settlement, French Concession and Chinese Districts from 1843-1943) have I found out why English language (nay, even French or Chinese-language) cartographs of these districts are

Comments

[rosehiptea]

I learn so much from reading your LJ.

(How much of it is true is another story entirely.)

But this is interesting. I think I already asked you if you read the book "Night Train to Turkistan." If you haven't you really might like it.

[patricksung]

Well, that's sad.

... You're not planning to become a debauched expatriate, are you?

[dracko]

[mr_mitts]

Jesus Christ, you fuck French douche, I've tried phoning you a bajillion times. All I get is voicemail.

Send me your telephone number, either as a Private Message or to my Email.