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The Selden map of China : a new understanding of the Ming dynasty /

Dating from the seventeenth century at the height of the Ming Dynasty, the Selden Map of China reveals a country very different from popular conceptions of the time, looking not inward to the Asian landmass but outward to the sea. Discovered in the stacks of the Bodleian Library, this beautifully de...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nie, Hongping Annie (Author)
Other Authors: Selden, John, 1584-1654 (former owner of map.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK : Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, [2019]
Subjects:
Cartography > China > History.
China > Historical geography > Maps.
Trade routes > China Sea > Maps > History.
Shipping > China > History.
China > Commerce > History.
China > History > Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.

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Call Number: GA1121 .N54 2019
 
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