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

by Timothy Brook

Book Overview

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"