Mapping the Silk Road and beyond : 2,000 years of exploring the East
Nebenzahl, Kenneth2011
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This book traces the history of the European age of exploration and its lasting effects on these regions through an extensive series of beautifully rendered and imaginative maps drawn by explorers, merchants, and colonial administrators of the time
Main title:
Mapping the Silk Road and beyond : 2,000 years of exploring the East / by Kenneth Nebenzahl
Author:
Imprint:
London Phaidon 2011
Collation:
176 p. colour illustrations colour maps
Contents:
Ancient and medieval European concepts of AsiaThe impulse to explore the EastEast Indian empires: Portuguese, Dutch, British, French, SpanishResisting European encroachment: Japan, Korea, ChinaNorth to Cathay and the Pacific
ISBN:
9780714863207 (pbk)
Dewey class:
950 MAP
Local class:
950
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
44586
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 950 MAP | Available |