This GE course aims to introduce selected topics in world history through the medium of maps. It will not be a course in the history of cartography. Rather, starting from map analysis, students will explore selected topics, such as world maps, east-west interaction, imperialist cartography and cartography in Macao from the different perspectives of art history, social history, the history of science, etc. The focus will be on the connections between continents and peoples, with a large part of the course devoted to the cultural exchanges between Europe and Asia, one of the department’s main areas of research.

CILO-1: Describe and explain the methods and main focus of connective world history and of the differences with national or regional historiographies. CILO-2: Describe and explain the early modern exchanges between continents and peoples. CILO-3: Describe and explain the historiography of early modern exchanges between East and West. CILO-4: Use cartographic sources for understanding history.