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- ISBN
- 9781851245246
- Book Title
- Seldén Map of China : a New Understanding of the Ming Dynasty
- Item Length
- 10 in
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Historical Geography, Asia / China
- Item Width
- 9 in
- Item Weight
- 25.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 96 Pages
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Dating from the seventeenth century at the height of the Ming Dynasty, the Selden Map of China reveals a country very different from popular conceptions of the time, looking not inward to the Asian landmass but outward to the sea. Painted in multiple colours on three pieces of Mitsumata paper, this beautifully decorative map of China was discovered to be a seafaring chart showing Ming Dynasty trade routes. It is the earliest surviving example of Chinese merchant cartography and is evidence that Ming China was outward-looking, capitalistic and vibrant.Exploring the commercial aims of the Ming Dynasty, the port city of Quanzhou and its connections with the voyages of the early traveller Zheng He, this book describes the historical background of the era in which the map was used. It also includes an analysis of the skills and techniques involved in Chinese map-making and the significance of the compass bearings, scale and ratios found on the map, all of which combine to represent a breakthrough in cartographic techniques.The enthralling story revealed by this extraordinary artefact is central to an understanding of the long history of China's relationship with the sea and with the wider world.
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Publisher
Bodleian Library
ISBN-10
1851245243
ISBN-13
9781851245246
eBay Product ID (ePID)
8038402934
Product Key Features
Book Title
Seldén Map of China : a New Understanding of the Ming Dynasty
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Historical Geography, Asia / China
Publication Year
2019
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Number of Pages
96 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
10 in
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Width
9 in
Item Weight
25.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Trade
Lc Classification Number
Ds753
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For a long time, research on the society and art of the Ming Dynasty has mostly focused on the literati art and cultural consumption in the southern region of the Yangtze River. This book has drawn attention to the coastal region of China and changed the impression that the coastal areas were closed due to the official prohibition of maritime trade in the early Ming Dynasty. Nie's work discloses a more dynamic, outward-oriented, and diversified society and culture in the Chinese coastal region of the late Ming Dynasty through her careful analysis of many topics related to the Selden Map, such as culture and consumption, Catholicism and Western technology, foreign maritime trade, and the influx of new food and the Chinese diaspora., '...Nie's discussion of the Selden Map [is] a fascinating reminder of the inherently political nature of maps - both ancient and modern - and the importance of maintaining a critical reading of geopolitcs in approaching any cartographic treasures.', Nie generates a true appreciation of the cartographic, geographic, and artistic characteristics of the Selden map.
Copyright Date
2019
Lccn
2019-401309
Dewey Decimal
951/.026
Dewey Edition
23
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