Curious Land

Curious Land

Author: D. E. Mungello

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 1988-11-01

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 9780824812195

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How the Jesuit accomodation to internal events in China laid the foundation for modern study of China in the West. First published as Studia Leibnitiana, Supplementa 25 (1985) by Fritz Steiner Verlag. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.


Atlas Maior of 1665

Atlas Maior of 1665

Author: Joan Blaeu

Publisher:

Published: 2016-07-04

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 9783836538039

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Superlatives flounder in the face of Joan Blaeu's Atlas Maior, one of the most extravagant feats in the history of mapmaking. This stunning edition is based on the Austrian National Library's complete colored and gold-heightened copy and reprints its 594 maps covering all then-known continents to the highest reproduction standard, rendering...


Asia in the Making of Europe

Asia in the Making of Europe

Author: Donald Frederick Lach

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1965

Total Pages: 757

ISBN-13: 0226467651

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First systematic, inclusive study of the impact of the high civilizations of Asia on the development of modern Western civilization.


China on Paper

China on Paper

Author: Marcia Reed

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 1606060686

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Published to accompany the exhibition held at the Getty Research Institute, Nov. 6, 2007 to Feb. 10, 2008.