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

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Edition. 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 Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book. Nº de ref. del artículo: 1125558416

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