Nantian Island, the largest island in Ningbo, was a forbidden place in the Ming and Qing dynasties until 1875. Of the documents related to the course of opening of NantianisNantianJilüe(Sketch of Nantian Island) by Yang Diancai. In Nantian Jilüe, there are two sets of maps and one is the Complete Map of Nantian Islands and the other is the Separate Maps of Nantian Islands. These two sets of maps deserve to be called the Atlas of Nantian Islands made in the Qing Dynasty. Although it is uncertain if the Complete Map of Nantian Islands was made by Yang Diancai, it is certain he approved it. It is also certain that the Separate Maps of Nantian Islands were made in 1822 or 1823. These Nantian maps show some cartographical features of ancient Chinese insular maps.%象山县南田岛是宁波市第一大岛,明清时期长期被政府列为封禁之地,直到1875年才正式开禁。在南田开禁的过程中,形成了一些历史文献,包括杨殿才撰写的《南田记略》。该书附有两种地图,第一种可称为“南田全图”,第二种可称为“南田十八图”。这两种地图,堪称清代绘制的“南田列岛地图集”。“南田全图”即使不是杨殿才绘制的,也是他所认可的。“南田十八图”应当是道光初年绘制的。《南田记略》中的南田地图,反映了中国古代海岛地图的一些特点。
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