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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «ISTORIYA»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «HISTORY»
ISSN 2222-9124 (Print)

List of issues > Series «History». 2024. Vol 48

Maps of the Russian Far East of the 18th Century, Compiled by Participants of Academic and Government Expeditions and Based on Them, as a Source on the History of the Study of the Region and Cartography as a Science

Author(s)
I. A. Shipilov
Abstract
The article has carried out the approbation of the theoretical and methodological principles of the neoclassical paradigm of historical science, anthropological and spatial turns, and an interdisciplinary approach to the study of maps of the Far East of the 18th century, made by participants of Russian academic and government expeditions and based on them. These materials show the evolution of cartography and cartographic method in Russia. The role of maps as a special form of representation of the course and results of scientific development of the Far East is investigated. The functions of specific elements of the content of maps and the influence of the actor on it are revealed. The history of the existence of individual cartographic materials is considered. The significance of maps as complex historical and historical-scientific sources is represented.
About the Authors
Shipilov Ilya Aleksandrovich, Senior Research Scientist, Sector of Archeography and Source Studies, Institute of History SB RAS, 8, Nikolaev st., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation, e-mail: shipilof@yandex.ru
For citation

Shipilov I.A. Maps of the Russian Far East of the 18th Century, Compiled by Participants of Academic and Government Expeditions and Based on Them, as a Source on the History of the Study of the Region and Cartography as a Science. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series History, 2024, vol. 48, pp. 5-14. https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2024.48.5 (in Russian)

Keywords
mapping of the Russian Far East in the 18th century, scientific development of the region, academic and government expeditions, the formation and development of cartography, maps and cartographic materials, cartographic sources.
UDC
94(571)+912.43(093)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2024.48.5
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