In this lecture, Dr. Caboara will talk about the rare map collection currently on exhibition at the HKUST library and of his own journey of turning Western maps of China into a book. The HKUST library houses one of the most remarkable collections of maps of China in the world. The new acquisition of Chinese maps has been part of a wider research program about maps of China run by the HKUST library. The culmination of the program has been the publication of Regnum Chinae: The Printed Western Maps of China to 1735, recently published by Brill. The book features 127 Western printed maps of China from 1584 to 1735 and has taken him and his team four years to complete.

柏恪義博士於本講座將為大家介紹目前在香港科技大學李兆基圖書館展出的珍稀地圖特藏，並分享其相關著作編撰的心路歷程。香港科技大學圖書館的中國地圖特藏，彌足珍貴，收購中國古地圖為該館研究項目之一。其學術成果《Regnum Chinae: The Printed Western Maps of China to 1735》經柏博士本人與團隊四年努力下，最近由學術出版社Brill出版，其中包括1584至1735年間在西方印製的127幅珍貴中國地圖。

柏恪義博士是是香港科技大學地圖學史和科學史高級講師。成為講師前，他擔任香港科技大學李兆基圖書館特藏部主管，主要負責圖書館内的西方中國地圖收藏。

Dr. Marco Caboara is Senior Lecturer in History of Cartography and History of Science, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Prior to his current appointment, he was the Head of the Special Collections, Lee Shau Kee Library of the same university.