Mr Selden's Map of China: Decoding the Secrets of a Vanished Cartographer
de Brook, Timothy
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- ISBN 10
- 1770893539
- ISBN 13
- 9781770893535
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Toronto: Anansi, 2013. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. blue cloth, dust jacket, first edition, xxiv, 211 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour), portraits (chiefly colour)pictorial end papers, ; 24 cm.A fascinating work of history, biography, cartography, and literary mystery, Mr Selden's Map of China unlocks the secrets behind a recently discovered map of China like no other of its time. In 1659, a vast and unusual map of China arrived in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. It was bequeathed by John Selden, a London business lawyer, political activist, former convict, MP, and the city's first Orientalist scholar. Largely ignored, it remained in the bowels of the library, until called up by an inquisitive reader. When Timothy Brook saw it in 2009, he realized that it was "a puzzle to be solved." ... it shows China, not cut off from the world, but a participant in the embryonic networks of glabl trade that fuelled the rise of Europe -- and mow poer China's ascent.--Jacket.
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- Librería
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 1125558416
- Título
- Mr Selden's Map of China: Decoding the Secrets of a Vanished Cartographer
- Autor
- Brook, Timothy
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- As New
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1770893539
- ISBN 13
- 9781770893535
- Editorial
- Anansi
- Lugar de publicación
- Toronto
- Fecha de publicación
- 2013
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- maps,Private collections,Selden, John, 1584-1654,Selden, John, 1584-1654 Collections prive?es,Selden, John, 1584-1654 Private collections,South China Sea,South China Sea Discovery and exploration Maps Early works to 1800,South China Sea Manuscript maps Ea
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