Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms
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Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms
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The Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms, or Haiguo Tuzhi, is a 19th-century Chinese gazetteer compiled by scholar-official Wei Yuan and others, based on initial translations ordered by Special Imperial Commissioner Lin Zexu. The Treatise is regarded as the first significant Chinese work on the West and one of China's initial responses to the Anglo-Chinese First Opium War (1839–1842). Eventually stretching to one hundred juan, or scrolls, the treatise contains numerous maps and much geo
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1843 gazetteer by Wei Yuan and others
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illustrated_Treatise_on_the_Maritime_Kingdoms
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2014-04-17T08:05:34Z
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2024-09-02T21:27:30Z
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