Territorializing the Chinese Nation-State: Cartography, Geopolitics, and Huang Maocai's Mission to India (18781880) [Paperback]

This book is the first annotated translation of the travelogues of Huang Maocai. A trained Chinese cartographer in the service of the imperial Qing state, he was officially deputed to ascertain the Tibet-India land route and the geo-political status of British India in the 19th century.?

I. Introduction: Huang Maocai, Cartography, Geopolitics, and the Travel Narratives Translation II. Huang Maocais Introductory Remarks: Travel to the Western Region and India III Records of Travel to the Western Region [Xi-you ri-ji 6??] Vol. 1: From Cheng-du to Ba-tang [Cong Cheng-du dao Ba-tang ??0?X] Vol. 2: From Ba-tang to Teng-yue [Cong Ba-tang dao Teng-yue ??X0~?] Vol. 3: From Teng-yue to Mian-dian [Cong Teng-yue dao Mian-dian ?~?08] Vol. 4: India and the Homeward Journey [Yin-du ji qi gui-tu p??vR] IV Reading Notes on India [Yin-du zha-ji p???]Vol. 1: Reading Notes Part  I Vol. 2: Reading Notes Part  II  Annexure: Sundry Thoughts on India (Poems) [Yin-du za-xing p?Bt] V My Humble Opinion on Travels [You-li chu-yan 8??