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Digital Exhibitions - Mapping the Dragon: Vietnam through the eyes of the Dutch mapmakers
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Online,
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Organisation: Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
The exhibition is made in collaboration with the Dutch embassy in Hanoi to mark 50 years of bilateral relations between Vietnam and the Netherlands and more than 400 years of people to people contacts. Various kinds of maps were produced over the centuries. From nautical charts for navigation purposes to atlas maps. The maps reflect the changing political and geographical situation of the region. Most maps in this exhibition show a larger region than Vietnam. They give insight in the relation between Vietnam and the surrounding regions. In the course of time some of the maps and atlases that were published tend to be more comprehensive and detailed. This exhibition focusses on maps of Vietnam that are produced in the Netherlands and that are part of the cartographic collections of Leiden University Libraries.URL: https://webpresentations.universiteitleiden.nl/s/vietnam/pag[...]
