殖民扩张与地理知识

——英国皇家地理学会的角色与影响

中图分类号：K991 文献标识码：A 文章编号：2095-6916（2025）14-0134-04

Abstract：SincetheAgeofDiscovery，cartographyhasevolvedfrommeretoolsfrdailyuseandproductiontopowerfulinstruentsof technologicalcontrol.TeyplaedasigficantoleinthecolonialexpansionandlandmanagementofearlyimperialistnatiosTispaper apisJohnBrianHarley’sideathatcartographyiscentraltoimperialism.TakingtheIndian“GreatTrigonometricalSurvey”ascase study，itdemostratesthitishoylGogapicalSoiety’oleiosolidatingoloaluldevealsaogap’sfction in imperial governance and its impact on the global political landscape.

Keywords：cartography；Royal Geographical Society；colonial power

自地理大发现之后，地图不仅是领土划分的依据，更是殖民者用以宣示主权、规划资源掠夺的利器。（剩余7580字）