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Hello People,
I just wanted to pick someone's brain here.
Beside looking at historical literatures and documentations, has anyone looked at the cardinal directions of what was perceived as North and South during these ancient kingdoms of Qin, Nam Viet and Han?
2nd Century Han cartographers used South-up maps, where the directions we know of today as "South" was on top and right was West that pointed toward the Pacific Ocean. This may explain why the oriental compass needles points to cardinal South.
During Western Jin, around 267 AD, Jin's Minister/Cartographer flipped the cardinal directions.
Europe, during the Middle Ages used East orientation maps, where Asia is on top, left is Europe and right is Africa. There were no South because it was considered uninhabited.
If there was a Nam Viet Kingdom, was there a Bac Viet Kingdom? If there was a Bac Viet Kingdom or just Viet Kingdom, would it be located North or South of Nam Viet?
I just wanted to pick someone's brain here.
Beside looking at historical literatures and documentations, has anyone looked at the cardinal directions of what was perceived as North and South during these ancient kingdoms of Qin, Nam Viet and Han?
2nd Century Han cartographers used South-up maps, where the directions we know of today as "South" was on top and right was West that pointed toward the Pacific Ocean. This may explain why the oriental compass needles points to cardinal South.
During Western Jin, around 267 AD, Jin's Minister/Cartographer flipped the cardinal directions.
Europe, during the Middle Ages used East orientation maps, where Asia is on top, left is Europe and right is Africa. There were no South because it was considered uninhabited.
If there was a Nam Viet Kingdom, was there a Bac Viet Kingdom? If there was a Bac Viet Kingdom or just Viet Kingdom, would it be located North or South of Nam Viet?