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MR. SELDEN'S MAP OF CHINA: Decoding the Secrets of a Vanished Cartographer
por Brook, Timothy
- Usado
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- NEW - COLLECTIBLE/New
- ISBN 10
- 1620401436
- ISBN 13
- 9781620401439
- Livreiro
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Berkeley, California, United States
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New York, NY: Bloomsbury Press, 2013. First American Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. NEW - COLLECTIBLE/New. BRAND NEW & COLLECTIBLE. First Edition, First Printing. Exploring the story behind a handpainted 17th century Chinese martine map, donated to Oxford's Bodleian Library in 1654 by lawyer John Selden (1584 - 1654), where it sat undisturbed for some 350 years in 2009. Sinologist Timothy Brook probes the mystery of how this ancient Chinese map finds its way to England of King James II. 211 pgs with 28 illustrations. 8 chapters: 1, What is Wrong with this Map?; 2, Closing the Sea; 3, Reading Chinese in Oxford; 4, John Saris & the Chinese Captain; 5, The Compass Rose; 6, Sailing from China; 7, Heaven is Round, Earth is Square; and 8, Secrets of the Shelden Map, followed by Epilogue and 2 appendices.
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- Livreiro
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 017325
- Título
- MR. SELDEN'S MAP OF CHINA: Decoding the Secrets of a Vanished Cartographer
- Autor
- Brook, Timothy
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Novo
- Condição de sobrecapa
- New
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First American Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1620401436
- ISBN 13
- 9781620401439
- Editorial
- Bloomsbury Press
- Local de publicação
- New York, NY
- Data de publicação
- 2013
- Palavras-chave
- History/Cartography/Chinese
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