摘要
19世纪,英国不断派遣测量队、间谍、边疆官员等到中国西藏东南地区进行大规模非法测绘活动,其中,河流水系是测绘的重要内容之一。至19世纪末,雅鲁藏布江下游及其主要支流察隅河、丹巴河和西巴霞曲的主次关系、河道流向、河流源头等地理知识得到不断丰富与完善,填补了世界地图中的空白,这一地区河流水系的知识体系基本形成。这一时期英国对西藏东南地区河流水系的测绘还为其侵略中国西藏领土提供了丰富情报,是英国殖民主义领土扩张的重要手段。
Throughout the 19th century,the British dispatched surveyors,spies,and frontier officials to conduct large-scale illicit surveying and mapping,with a focus on the river system,in Southeast Tibet.By the end of the century,geographical knowledge of the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River and its main tributaries had gradually improved.Information about the primary and secondary relationships,downstream flow direction,course,and source of the Chayu,Dihang,and Subansiri rivers helped to fill many gaps on the world map,and the knowledge of the river system in this area was formed.Simultaneously,the surveying and mapping activities during this period also provided much needed geographical knowledge facilitated the British invasion of the Tibetan territory and served as an important means of colonial territorial expansion.
作者
霍仁龙
Huo Renlong(School of International Studies,Sichuan University,Chengdu 610065,China;Collaborative Innovation Center for Security and Development of Western Frontier China Sichuan University,Chengdu 610065,China)
出处
《历史地理研究》
2023年第3期115-129,158,共16页
The Chinese Historical Geography
基金
四川省哲学社会科学研究“十四五”规划课题“近代英帝国在中印边境地区的地图测绘与殖民话语建构研究”(SC22C054)。
