Shu yu zhou zi lu 殊域周咨録 Record of Information Broadly Acquired from the Various Regions

by Congjian 嚴從簡 Yan

$750 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

Eight vols. 8vo, orig. wrappers, orig. stitching. Beijing : Gu gong bo wu yuan 故宮博物院, 1930. An important edition of this Chinese work on foreign countries from the late 16th century. Ming China was a well-connected player in the elaborate international exchange known as early modern globalization. The Ming court dispatched ships to far-away places, Ming merchants traded in East and Southeast Asia, and numerous countries regularly

• Binding: Wrappers

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