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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Brook, Timothy, 1951-     Subjects     Selden, John, 1584-1654.     Geography, Ancient -- South China Sea -- Maps.     Cartography -- South China Sea -- History.     South China Sea -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.     South China Sea -- Maps, Manuscript -- Early works to 1800.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Brook, Timothy, 1951-       by title:      Mr Selden's map of C...       by call number:      912.09 B871m     Search the Web     Brook, Timothy, 1951-     Selden, John, 1584-1654.     Geography, Ancient -- South China Sea -- Maps.     Cartography -- South China Sea -- History.     South China Sea -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.     South China Sea -- Maps, Manuscript -- Early works to 1800.       MARC Display

Mr Selden's map of China : decoding the secrets of a vanished cartographer / Timothy Brook. by Brook, Timothy, 1951- House of Anansi Press, 2013. Call #: 912.09 B871m Subjects Selden, John, 1584-1654.   Geography, Ancient -- South China Sea -- Maps.   Cartography -- South China Sea -- History.   South China Sea -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.   South China Sea -- Maps, Manuscript -- Early works to 1800. ISBN:  9781770893535 (hc.) Alternate title:  Mister Selden's map of China : decoding the secrets of a vanished cartographer Selden's map of China : decoding the secrets of a vanished cartographer Map of China : decoding the secrets of a vanished cartographer Description:  xxiv, 211 p. (16 p. of plates) : ill., maps ; 23 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "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 the Selden Map was "a puzzle that had to be solved": an exceptional artefact so unsettlingly modern-looking it could almost be a forgery. But it was genuine, and what it has to tell us is astonishing. It shows China, not cut off from the world, but a participant in the embryonic networks of global trade that fuelled the rise of Europe. And it raises as many question as it answers: Who re-imagined the world in this way and, most importantly, what can it tell us about the world at that time?"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   J. D. Shatford Memorial Public Library Adult Nonfiction 912.09 B871m Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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