Mr. Selden's Map of China: Decoding the Secrets of a Vanished Cartographer

by Timothy Brook

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Timothy Brook's award-winning Vermeer's Hat unfolded the early history of globalization, using Vermeer's paintings to show how objects like beaver hats and porcelain bowls began to circulate around the world. Now he plumbs the mystery of a single artifact that offers new insights into global connections centuries old.

In 2009, an extraordinary map of China was discovered in Oxford's Bodleian Library-where it had first been deposited...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1620401436

ISBN13:9781620401439

Release Date:October 2013

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Length:240 Pages

Weight:1.19 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.6" x 9.5"

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