Mr. Selden's map of China : The spice trade, a lost chart and the South China Sea / Timothy Brook.

By:

Brook, Timothy, 1951-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Profile Books, [2015]Description: xxiv, 211 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (chiefly colored), maps ; 24 cmISBN:

9781847658814 (paperback)

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DDC classification:

382/.3095109033

LOC classification:

HF 3835 B871m 2015

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Summary: In 1659, a vast and unusual map of China arrived in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. From the Gobi Desert to the Philippines, from Java to Tibet and into China itself, the author uses the map (actually a schematic representations of China's relation to astrological heaven) to tease out the varied elements that defined this period in China's history.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Vol info	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Ciencias Sociales	Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso)	HF 3835 B871m 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	1	Available		00000118551

In 1659, a vast and unusual map of China arrived in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. From the Gobi Desert to the Philippines, from Java to Tibet and into China itself, the author uses the map (actually a schematic representations of China's relation to astrological heaven) to tease out the varied elements that defined this period in China's history.