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MR. SELDEN'S MAP OF CHINA: Decoding the Secrets of a Vanished Cartographer
by Brook, Timothy
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- Hardcover
- first
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- NEW - COLLECTIBLE/New
- ISBN 10
- 1620401436
- ISBN 13
- 9781620401439
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About This Item
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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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- MR. SELDEN'S MAP OF CHINA: Decoding the Secrets of a Vanished Cartographer
- Author
- Brook, Timothy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New NEW - COLLECTIBLE
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1620401436
- ISBN 13
- 9781620401439
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2013
- Keywords
- History/Cartography/Chinese
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