Regnum Chinae: The Printed Western Maps of China to 1735
Regnum Chinae: The Printed Western Maps of China to 1735

Author: Marco Caboara

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2022-10-24

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 9004530908

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This study reproduces and describes, for the first time, all the maps of China printed in Europe between 1584 and 1735, unravelling the origin of each individual map, their different printing, issues and publication dates.

British Discovery Literature and the Rise of Global Commerce
British Discovery Literature and the Rise of Global Commerce

Author: A. Neill

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2002-05-10

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 0230629229

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British Discovery Literature and the Rise of Global Commerce examines how, between 1680 and 1800, British maritime travellers became both friends and foes of the commercial state. These nomadic characters report on remote parts of the globe in the twin contexts of an increasingly powerful imperial state and an emerging world economy. Examining voyage narratives by William Dampler, Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift, Tobias Smollett, Samuel Johnson, James Cook, and William Bligh, Neill demonstrates how the transformation of travellers from nomadic outlaws into civil subjects , and vice versa, takes place against the political-economic backdrop of commercial expansion.

Geographies of an Imperial Power
Geographies of an Imperial Power

Author: Jeremy Black

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2018-01-06

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 0253031591

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From explorers tracing rivers to navigators hunting for longitude, spatial awareness and the need for empirical understanding were linked to British strategy in the 1700s. This strategy, in turn, aided in the assertion of British power and authority on a global scale. In this sweeping consideration of Britain in the 18th century, Jeremy Black explores the interconnected roles of power and geography in the creation of a global empire. Geography was at the heart of Britain’s expansion into India, its response to uprisings in Scotland and America, and its revolutionary development of railways. Geographical dominance was reinforced as newspapers stoked the fires of xenophobia and defined the limits of cosmopolitan Europe as compared to the "barbarism" beyond. Geography provided a system of analysis and classification which gave Britain political, cultural, and scientific sovereignty. Black considers geographical knowledge not just as a tool for creating a shared cultural identity but also as a key mechanism in the formation of one of the most powerful and far-reaching empires the world has ever known.