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Interesting article. I wasn't aware of the existence of this map. It seems to be actually very similar to the Korean Kangnido world map. Could someone kindly make a link and a reference to the Kangnido map in the article? Thank you. PHG (talk) 08:54, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
- Good point. I've started a "See Also" section. David Trochos (talk) 22:17, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Southern Africa
I've just responded to a citation request about the depiction of the Drakensberg range and the general outline of southern Africa by rewriting the section to be less specific. Most of the information available online about this map was published as a result of the South African Parliament's acquisition of a copy, and it was natural for the South African media to identify the mountains as the Drakensberg. However, I'd prefer to see a more neutral analysis if anybody can find one- strictly speaking, the mountains are actually depicted too far west for the Drakensberg. This may just be a copying error, linked to the reduced size of Africa as compared, for example, with the slightly later Kangnido, on which elements are not squashed together so much. David Trochos (talk) 19:35, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Some notes
- That the Ming dynasty replaced the Yuan dynasty is Chinese POV. Mongols maintained their government even after 1368. And it is a matter of scholarly dispute when the Yuan Dynasty ended.
- Zhu Siben's maps are not world maps. They only covers China and surrounding regions.
- Chinese cartography website is just a digest of the article by Wang et al. I replaced refs.
- Lindy Stiebel's article. The link is dead. I found it at the Internet Archive. I know nothing about the author, but I don't think this is a good source of this article. As its main theme isn't the DMHYT, it does not provide detailed information. And besides, it isn't credible as her description on the Kangnido is a total mess. I replaced refs.
- A digital replica given to South Africa. I can hardly believe that this is so important that it is repeatedly mentioned in this article.
- As I wrote at Talk:Kangnido[1], a team from Kyoto University is working on this map. I hope we can completely rewrite this article with new findings soon.
--Nanshu (talk) 02:33, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
