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Tales from a 1493 World Map: Playing with Augmented Reality (AR)

2025-09-16 (4 days ago18 hours ago)03 mins

What’s Up on the Ground Floor this September? You may have noticed something unusual just inside the G/F gates of the Library. What is it? A display of a digital humanities project for you to interact (play) with. What’s the story? In spring semester 2025, 5 UG students worked with library staff as one of…

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Matteo Ricci and Xu Guangqi
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To Matteo Ricci of the Far West

2024-11-29 (10 months ago10 months ago)05 mins

You might have heard the Italian name Ricci – perhaps Ricci Hall, one of the oldest residential halls at HKU. But do you know who Matteo Ricci was? The man who made this Italian name famous in China. Who was Matteo Ricci? Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) was one of the first Jesuit missionaries who tried to…

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Digital Image of the meaning Map of the Ten Thousand Countries of the Earth
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What is Ricci Map?

2024-11-12 (10 months ago9 months ago)04 mins

Did you know this is one of the most glamorous items in our Special Collections? Known as 坤輿萬國全圖, in elegant classical Chinese, literally meaning Map of the Ten Thousand Countries of the Earth, it also has a nickname in English – Ricci Map. Why Ricci in English? Why does this map, titled in Chinese, carry…

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Revisiting the story of a 1644 Ming Dynasty map

2024-04-16 (1 year ago1 year ago)04 mins

Old maps are visually beautiful; and they carry a lot of interesting stories. The Library hosted a 3-day research symposium last December with map historians from local and overseas institutions. One really memorable talk in the symposium was about this famous Chinese map dated 1644, the year the Ming Empire collapsed: <天下九邊分野人跡路程全圖> (A comprehensive map…

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Wall Map of Hong Kong Updated

2024-02-27 (2 years ago)02 mins

You probably use a Hong Kong map often. When you check a bus route, explore a hiking trail, find your way to a restaurant …, you use a map, most likely a digital one on your mobile device. For a change of perspective, I invite you to look “up” rather than “down” on your phone…

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Chinese Maps Meet Minecraft

2023-10-18 (2 years ago2 years ago)02 mins

If you haven’t checked out the Library Exhibition “China In Maps 500 Years of Evolving Images” yet, you’re missing out! This introduction video is just the beginning of an exciting journey. You’ll find an excellent example of how students can take their learning to the next level. Meet Delores Yip and Felicia Pang, two Year…

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