From: Ratliff, Louise [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 12:19 PM
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Subject: Ming-era map depicts globalization in the 17th century

A fascinating article from the UCLA International Institute----

Ming-era map depicts globalization in the 17th century

Historian Timothy Brook offered a new way of looking at the relationship between Europe and Asia in the 1600s by examining a surprisingly accurate 17th-century Chinese map.

http://web.international.ucla.edu/institute/article/140208

Louise Ratliff

Social Sciences and Map Catalog Librarian
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