Silk Road Maps

Digital Silk Road :: Japanese
Navigating Silk Road on historical maps and digital maps (including Google Earth).

Places and Routes

  1. Silk Road Tour - DSR Imaginary Museum
  2. Historical Tour (in Japanese) - DSR Imaginary Museum
  3. Silk Road : Places + Routes - Google Earth

Historical Map Collection

Historical maps can be viewed on Web browsers or Google Earth. To see on Google Earth, you need to install Google Earth (free) on your computer.

Central Asia

  1. Serindia : vol.5
    1. List of Maps / Thumbnail / Google Earth / Google Maps
  2. Innermost Asia : vol.4
    1. List of Maps / Thumbnail / Google Earth / Google Maps
    2. Map of Chotscho / Google Earth
    3. Map of Yar-Khoto / Google Earth
  3. Report on Archaeological Work in Idikutshari and Surrounds in the Winter 1902-1093 : vol.1
    1. Map of Chotscho (1) / Map of Chotscho (2) / Google Earth
  4. Central Asia Atlas
    1. Thumbnail / Google Earth
  5. Explorations in Turkestan 1903
    1. Map of Iran
  6. Archaeological researches in Sinkiang
    1. Map of Lop-nor
  7. Ancient Khotan : vol. 2
    1. Map of Khotan / Google Earth
  8. Cathay and the way thither : vol. 1
    1. Map of Asia
  9. Postancient Buddhist culture in Central Asia : vol. 2
    1. Map of Buddhist ruins near Turfan
    2. Map of Chotscho (according to Grunwedel)
  10. Scientific Results of a Journey in Central Asia, 1899-1902 : vol. 7
    1. Thumbnail
  11. Scientific Results of a Journey in Central Asia, 1899-1902 : vol. 8
    1. Thumbnail
  12. Archaeological Report in Turfan : vol.1
    1. Google Earth
  13. Archaeological Report in Tarim Basin : vol.1
    1. Google Earth
  14. Archaeological Report of Lop Nor : vol.1
    1. 中西交通路線圖(一九三九年十一月十六日黄文弼製) / Google Earth

India and West Asia

  1. Results of a scientific mission to India and high Asia : vol. 5
    1. Thumbnail
  2. Archaeological Reconnaissances in North-Western India and South-Eastern Īrān : vol.1
    1. Map of BALŪCHISTĀN AND KERMĀN
    2. Map of KERMĀN and GULF COAST
  3. Eine Routenaufnahme durch Ostpersien : vol. 3
    1. Thumbnail / Google Earth

China

  1. Complete Map of Peking, Qianlong Period
    1. Thumbnail
    2. Digital Maps of Old Beijing
  2. Plan of Peking
    1. Thumbnail

Satellite Images

  1. Blue Marble Images of Silk Road

Geographical Search

  1. Map Search - Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books
  2. Search by Placenames / Google Maps Version - Digital Maps of Old Beijing
  3. Map Search - Stein Placename Database
  4. Map Search - Kara-Khoja Placename Database
  5. Map Search - Hedin Placename Database
  6. Map Search for Archaeological Report in Turfan - Huang Wenbi Placename Database
  7. Map Search for Archaeological Report in Tarim Basin - Huang Wenbi Placename Database
  8. Silk Road Ruin Map - Silk Road Ruin Database
  9. Mappinning - Silk Road Ruin Database

3D Maps

  1. Silk Road 3D Maps

Data Access Interface

  1. TileJSON Metadata

News

2017-09-23
We released the Google Earth version for maps by Huang Wenbi.
2015-04-22
We released 3D Maps.
2013-05-09
We released TileJSON.
2013-05-08
We released the Google Earth version for maps by Hedin, "Central Asia Atlas" and "Eine Routenaufnahme durch Ostpersien."
2010-04-19
Stein Maps (Serindia, Innermost Asia) are now accessible on Bing Maps.
2010-02-07
Stein Maps (Serindia, Innermost Asia) are now accessible on Google Maps.
2007-06-07
Maps for Google Earth are increased, and a simple 3D model of Bezeklik Caves is built for Google Earth.
2007-05-12
Old maps of Innermost Asia can now be seen on Google Earth.
2007-05-08
Blue Marble Images of Silk Road is now open. And historical map collection can now be viewed smoothly on Google Earth.
2006-06-02
The site is open to the public.

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