This paper is an introduction to the integration of urban maps drawn by foreigners in modern China. First of all, it defines the meaning of the urban maps in modern China; second, it describes foreigners in the cities of China since the 19th century to build a temporal and spatial distribution, and then introduces some urban maps compiled by foreigners in China since the 19th century; finally, it carries out exploratory research on the urban maps made by foreigners in China.

modern China; foreign urban maps; the history of cartography